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JIMMY KEMP
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
July 8, 1947 – June 6, 1967
Service recordJimmy Kemp, of Clemson, South Carolina, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 62
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
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Clemson, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 62
- JOHNIE MICHAEL HENNINGERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- MELVIN SYLVESTER HOOVERLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES AUSTIN HUBBARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
From Clemson
- SAMUEL T MCDOWELL JRSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- BARRY KENNETH ALEXANDERChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 22, 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.