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GORDON T KIMBRELL JR
Captain · U.S. Army
August 5, 1941 – June 11, 1970
Service recordGordon T Kimbrell JR, of Athens, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Athens, Georgia (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 44
- ROBERT CHARLES MCANDREWSergeant · June 11, 1970
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- CLAYTON WILLARD NEAVESSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · June 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 42
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 43
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 44
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 44
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 45
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- KENNETH R MCKENNA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 46
From Athens
- LEROY IRELANDStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- EDWARD CLEO SIMSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD RANDALL FOWLERSpecialist Six · August 1, 1968
- JOE DAVID CARROLLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- THOMAS CLARKPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES B CAREYSergeant · October 13, 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.