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JOHN LEONARD KINTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1947 – January 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Leonard Kinton, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 110
- ROBERT LOUIS KIRKSEYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN KENDRICKStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- WILBUR LINWOOD KOHRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE MENGESMajor · January 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD GORDONPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 108
- JOE D JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 109
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.