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SAMUEL LEE KEMP
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1943 – September 7, 1966
Service recordSamuel Lee Kemp, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 74
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- JOSE ANTONIO LOPEZLance Corporal · September 7, 1966
- JOSEPH ADRIAN G PERRONSpecialist Five · September 7, 1966
- JOHN HENRY WALKERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1966
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.