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ROBERT CHARLES KIMMEL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 24, 1944 – April 25, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Kimmel, of East Islip, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 7
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- March 24, 1944
- Home of record
- East Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 7
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- EDGAR CARTHA LAYE JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK MAKUCKSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
From East Islip
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · August 30, 1967
- FRANK SARDINASpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- GUSTAV ALFRED JOHANNSENPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- JOHN THOMPSON STIMSON JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWIN NESKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- FRANCIS XAVIER BUNKSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.