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PAUL JAY KINGERY
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1946 – May 13, 1968
Service recordPaul Jay Kingery, of Chardon, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Special Radio Operator (2571)
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Chardon, Ohio (Geauga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 25
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- WILLIS GEORGE JONESSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- EDWARD GILBERT LEESergeant · May 13, 1968
From Chardon
- CHARLES JOHN HILDENBRANDPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM IVAN INMANCorporal · May 3, 1968
- ERNEST ALVIN MOLZONPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- DAVID LEE URBANPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
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.