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LEWIS ALBERT KIMMEL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1944 – March 4, 1966
Service recordLewis Albert Kimmel JR, of Camarillo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 105
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Camarillo, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1966; 42 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ARNELL KEYESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
From Camarillo
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- KENNETH DALE COMBSSergeant · August 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.