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JOE MAC KEMP
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 20, 1944 – July 24, 1966
Service recordJoe Mac Kemp, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 69
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 69
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- NORMAN LAVERN KOOSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1966
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- SHARBER MAYFIELD ROWESergeant · July 7, 1968
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.