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KENNETH EDWARD MIMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1951 – April 11, 1971
Service recordKenneth Edward Mims, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 119
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 119
- JON MICHAEL MELIMSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- PIUS LEO MILLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1971
- EDWARD PERCY PILKINGTONCorporal · April 11, 1971
- JOSEPH A SCHOOLMEESTERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1971
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.