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JOHN ALBERT KIMZEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – March 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Albert Kimzey, of Melvindale, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 61
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Melvindale, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 61
- JAMES JACOBSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1970
- JACKIE LINN LUNDELLLance Corporal · March 30, 1970
- EZEKIAL MARTINEZSpecialist Four · March 30, 1970
- HARRY E BAKER JRSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
From Melvindale
- DANIEL KNARIANLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · January 24, 1967
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
- GARY BRUCE NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.