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JAMES KENT KIRKBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 13, 1946 – February 2, 1970
Service recordJames Kent Kirkby, of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 94
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Glen Ridge, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 94
- VICTOR OCASIO JRPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- DAVID LEROY JUDYSergeant · February 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS LEE KONINGSergeant · February 2, 1970
- FRED JOSEPH LEBLANCSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- ERIC OAKLEY LEWISPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN WAYNE BERRYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 92
From Glen Ridge
- THOMAS MARVIN BONINEChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 3, 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.