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KIM WILLIAM FLETCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1943 – June 10, 1968
Service recordKim William Fletcher, of Hollywood, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 18
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 58W, Line 18
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- TERRY WAYNE CRUTCHFIELDPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · June 10, 1968
From Hollywood
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRED EUGENE TATELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- MARK ALAN WHITTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BERNARD STEVEN RYANSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- DONAVAN LOREN LYONLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1968
- FREDDIE KAY MARTINSergeant · August 20, 1968
- JOHN LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- PATRICK WILLIAM DWYERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
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.