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LOYD EUGENE KINSWORTHY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1948 – April 27, 1968
Service recordLoyd Eugene Kinsworthy, of San Jose, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 31
- TIMOTHY LEE ODELLPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- FRED OLIVER JRCorporal · April 27, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ORASHPrivate First Class · April 27, 1968
- DANIEL PERRYGunnery Sergeant · April 27, 1968
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.