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LAWRENCE RUTHERFORD KIMBLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 13, 1944 – August 4, 1967
Service recordLawrence Rutherford Kimbler, of Starke, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Starke, Florida (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 77
- RICHARD CHARLES FERDIGSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- MATHEW GIBBSFireman Apprentice · August 4, 1967
- DWIGHT D WOOLFSpecialist Five · August 4, 1967
From Starke
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · June 2, 1966
- LEON BUTLER TRIESTCaptain · October 24, 1966
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CREWSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES GUY BLACKSHEARSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 1969
- RONALD ELLIS NEWMANCorporal · April 26, 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.