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ROBERT GLENN KIMBLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1949 – December 28, 1968
Service recordRobert Glenn Kimbley, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 85
- JAMES BOYD ARTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL MCDONALD JRMajor · December 28, 1968
- ISMAEL MENDEZ JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
- DENNIS ERWIN MICKELSONLance Corporal · December 28, 1968
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 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.