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ROBERT LOUIS KEMPKES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Louis Kempkes, of Palmyra, Nebraska, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 103
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Palmyra, Nebraska (Otoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 103
- PATRICK GENE KELLEYPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- VIRGIL KINNAIRD KELLEY JRCaptain · September 4, 1967
- BOBBY GENE KINKLELance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ARMANDO GARZA LEAL JRHospitalman · September 4, 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.