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JOHN ALDA KEMP
Captain · U.S. Army
February 3, 1940 – August 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Alda Kemp, of Mullin, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- February 3, 1940
- Home of record
- Mullin, Virginia (Dickenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHB 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 114
- ANDY JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- JOHN JORDAN KOLZSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- AADO KOMMENDANTMajor · August 8, 1966
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.