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GORDON LEE KIMMEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1949 – September 2, 1971
Service recordGordon Lee Kimmel, of Stoystown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Stoystown, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 8
- WILLIAM KENNETH AUSTINSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- GERALD ARTHUR DAVISSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- RICHARD RUSS JRSergeant · September 2, 1971
- MARION HENRY STANLEYStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HIGINIO RODRIGUEZ TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 9
- JOSE ENRIQUE ZAYASSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 9
From Stoystown
- ROBERT LEE HAINESCorporal · July 2, 1967
- PAUL RAY GRINESpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- CARL LYNN WALKERCorporal · July 7, 1969
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.