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RONALD JAY KINKEADE
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 18, 1937 – July 20, 1966
Service recordRonald Jay Kinkeade, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO
- Born
- April 18, 1937
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “68 AVN CO”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 48
- MERRILL RAYMOND LEWIS JRColonel · May 25, 1966
- DANIEL ALVEY LAMBDINChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 20, 1966
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HUMPHREY NELSONColonel · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANDREW DILLONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 45
- DANIEL ALVEY LAMBDINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9E, Line 48
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.