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MONTE CLIFFORD KINASZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – March 25, 1968
Service recordMonte Clifford Kinasz, of Griffin, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Griffin, Georgia (Spalding County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 19
- DOWARD LEROY JONES JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
- DONALD RAY KINTONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS ARCHER BARNESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 13
- LLOYD ARTHUR COLFACKPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 15
- EUGENE JEROME CURLESS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 15
- DAVID EUGENE DEWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 16
- LARRY MARSHALL GRONEWOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 16
- TRACY WALLACE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 17
- JOHN LAWRENCE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 18
- ROY L JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 18
- JAMES ELDON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 21
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE PFEUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 22
- WILLIAM LEE RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 22
- JIMMY JOE TESSADRIPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 25
From Griffin
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JOHN KENNETH HELTONSergeant · July 6, 1967
- WARREN EUGENE KENERLYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MURPHYCorporal · April 23, 1968
- JAMES TERRY COGGINSPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT REESEFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- GARY ANDERSONPrivate · November 29, 1970
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.