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MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPEL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 22, 1948 – August 27, 1970
Service recordMichael Richard Kempel, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 17
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 17
- JOHN JAMES LAFLERLance Corporal · August 27, 1970
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM NURISSOSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE PALCOWSKICorporal · August 27, 1970
From Cuyahoga Falls
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHERSergeant · April 7, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
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.