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RHEA MARSHALL KIDD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1944 – May 13, 1970
Service recordRhea Marshall Kidd, of Munfordville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 34
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Munfordville, Kentucky (Hart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 34
- SIDNEY WADE JARRELLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- ERNEST LEE JOHNSSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- RANDY GENE KITTLESONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- PAUL HENRY KRIEGELSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOHN DELIKAT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 31
- RICHARD DAVID HUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 33
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 35
- WILLIAM JAMES OLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 35
- VAN THOMAS WRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 36
- DAVID FRANCIS WINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 37
From Munfordville
- JAMES S WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1966
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.