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HARVEY JUNIOR KINSEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1947 – July 8, 1967
Service recordHarvey Junior Kinsey, of Ruffin, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Ruffin, South Carolina (Colleton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO BLT 2/3 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 37
- DONALD HARRY KITOLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- GARY DEAN LITTLESpecialist Five · July 8, 1967
- THOMAS VINCENT MALLOYCorporal · July 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PRITCHARDCaptain · July 8, 1967
From Ruffin
- DUNCAN PADGETT SMYLYMajor · November 19, 1967
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.