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MITCHELL LYNN KEMP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – October 8, 1967
Service recordMitchell Lynn Kemp, of Hickman, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Hickman, Kentucky (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 73
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · October 8, 1967
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- MELVIN EDWARD JOHNSONConstructionman · October 8, 1967
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.