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RUSSELL HAROLD KITCHEN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1948 – April 20, 1969
Service recordRussell Harold Kitchen JR, of Moberly, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Moberly, Missouri (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 14
- NICHOLAS ESPARZA JRCorporal · April 20, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN HUBBARDSpecialist Four · April 20, 1969
- ANGEL M MEDINA-RIVERASergeant First Class · April 20, 1969
- TIBOR SOTAKPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
From Moberly
- BILLY JACKSON DAILEYSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
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.