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JAMES EDWARD KINNARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Kinnard, of Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 66
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 66
- WILLIAM JOSEPH KOLENCSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- ADOLF J KROISENBACHERLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID DANIEL LAYNESpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY DEAN THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From Vista
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
- KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKESSpecialist Five · September 27, 1970
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.