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JOHN KEMPE WINSLOW
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1947 – July 30, 1969
Service recordJohn Kempe Winslow, of Hartwick, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Hartwick, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 79
- RICHARD LEE WINDSHEIMERCorporal · July 30, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH BATESCorporal · July 31, 1969
- MICHAEL PAUL BURNSSergeant First Class · July 31, 1969
- CONN KAY CLARKSergeant · July 31, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN DWYERCorporal · July 31, 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.