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PHILIP JOHN KIMPEL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1945 – March 11, 1967
Service recordPhilip John Kimpel, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 61
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 61
- DAVID GEORGE KEARNEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 11, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL KENDRICKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT KREIDLERStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND LOPEZSergeant · March 11, 1967
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- LEO ROLAND MEYERSpecialist Four · October 5, 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.