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JERALD WAYNE KEMP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – November 16, 1967
Service recordJerald Wayne Kemp, of Charlotte, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 3
- EARL DALE JENKINS JRCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- W C JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- DAVID ROGER KEATONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT AUSTINSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 103
- RAYMOND PRATER COXCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 1
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 4
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 6
From Charlotte
- DAVID W BARNABYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT LOOMIS ELLISONCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JOHN REDMOND COTTERCorporal · October 10, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN STREMLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
- DANIEL GRANT RULISONCorporal · October 15, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM BARRUSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 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.