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JOE EDWARD KINSEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 23, 1948 – December 29, 1967
Service recordJoe Edward Kinsey, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 96
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 96
- EDWIN NELMS OSBORNE JRLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
- FRANK C PARKER IIIMajor · December 29, 1967
- WILLIAM PETROSSI JRCorporal · December 29, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH POTTER JRLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.