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MICHAEL ROOSEVELT KITCHEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1949 – May 3, 1969
Service recordMichael Roosevelt Kitchen, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 107
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
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 107
- GERALD WAYNE FORTEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1969
- NORVILLE MARTIN HENN JRCaptain · May 3, 1969
- PAUL JONESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- DAVID ANTHONY LACOURSESergeant · May 3, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.