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SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – February 26, 1969
Service recordSammy Edward Kinnamon, of Independence, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 68
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Kansas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 68
- DUANE ALLEN HIPPLESergeant · February 26, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES M JACKSONSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- RONALD DEE JEWELLSergeant · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
From Independence
- LLOYD JOSEPH WOOD SRSergeant First Class · April 30, 1969
- OTIS CARTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE HARVEYStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1972
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.