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KIM SOVEREEN BIRD
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 13, 1945 – December 14, 1966
Service recordKim Sovereen Bird, of Ft Polk, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Polk, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 42
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- SAMUEL EDWIN WATERS JRMajor · December 13, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- ALBERT BRIGHAMLance Corporal · December 14, 1966
From Ft Polk
- RUSSELL DAVID BRYANT JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- MICHAEL VINCENT SORTERSergeant · June 19, 1968
- JOHN EARL FLETCHERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
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.