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RODNEY EDWIN KINYON
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 9, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordRodney Edwin Kinyon, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 27 MAR
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 24
- JAMES ALLEN KINGPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD CARL KNACKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- ANDY KNEVELBAARDLance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- JAMES FRANK KONECNYCorporal · June 7, 1968
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.