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RICHARD GRANVILLE KITNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1946 – August 1, 1966
Service recordRichard Granville Kitner, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 94
- JOHN CHARLES KWORTNIKLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1966
- JEFFERY LEE LEDFORDPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- BYRON DAVIS ORRSergeant · August 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK JOSEPH GUNDAKERMajor · Panel 9E, Line 93
- RONALD JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 95
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 95
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.