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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ronald Charles Kinsky.

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RONALD CHARLES KINSKY

Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force

September 19, 1945 – May 31, 1966

Service record

Ronald Charles Kinsky, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 31, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 7E · Line 128

Position of Panel 7E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman Second Class (A2C)
Service
Regular
Born
September 19, 1945
Home of record
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 31, 1966
Age
20
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 7E, Line 128

From Philadelphia

All 622 names from Philadelphia →

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.