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JAMES CARL KINDEL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 18, 1930 – December 14, 1965
Service recordJames Carl Kindel, of East Aurora, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 14, 1965, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 16
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 18, 1930
- Home of record
- East Aurora, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1965
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1965; two of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 16
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
- JERRY PROSPER CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 15, 1965
From East Aurora
- MAXWELL STOWELL FRANTZHospitalman · July 22, 1966
- MILTON SNOW JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 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.