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JOHN PERRY KAMINSKY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – September 20, 1966
Service recordJohn Perry Kaminsky, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 125
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- HERBERT CHARLES PHIPPSStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1966
- ELIAS RANGEL RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 20, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS ROSEMANCorporal · September 20, 1966
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.