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GOLSBY KIMBROUGH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1949 – July 6, 1969
Service recordGolsby Kimbrough JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 70
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 70
- THOMAS RICHARD DWYERCorporal · July 6, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD JOHNSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- ERVIN JONESSergeant · July 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 69
- ERVIN JONESSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 70
- JERRY WAYNE SPEARSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 71
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.