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ROBERT GENE KIMMEL
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 17, 1928 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Gene Kimmel, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 95
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1928
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 95
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- BRUNO ARTHUR HOCHMUTHMajor General · November 14, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · November 14, 1967
- MILTON GEORGE KELSEYCaptain · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 94
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 96
- RANDALL DALE SHAFFERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 98
- GERARD MICHAEL WYNNMajor · Panel 29E, Line 98
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.