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KEVIN ALONZO RINARD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1946 – April 24, 1971
Service recordKevin Alonzo Rinard, of Waco, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 9
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 9
- JOHNNIE RAE SLYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- TOMMY DAVE SMITHSergeant First Class · April 24, 1971
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 1971
- ROBERT FRITZ SPEERSpecialist Five · April 24, 1971
- DIETER HERBERT DISCHHAUSERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 6
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 8
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · Panel 3W, Line 8
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 8
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 8
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- STEPHEN ALAN SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 11
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.