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KAY KAZU KIMURA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 1, 1943 – March 7, 1970
Service recordKay Kazu Kimura, of Nampa, Idaho, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 92
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- November 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Nampa, Idaho (Canyon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 92
- ALBERT HENRY GATES JRCaptain · March 7, 1970
- DENNIS RAY HEERMANSergeant · March 7, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH JAMESWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1970
- JIMMIE JACK JONES JRSpecialist Five · March 7, 1970
From Nampa
- EDWARD JOSEPH WEIDENBACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1967
- JIMMY LEE WARDPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JESS BURTON BOICOURT JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- GERALD LEE BALDWINCorporal · December 12, 1969
- ALBARO QUEZADA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 24, 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.