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SANTFORD BERNARD KEMPKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – May 5, 1968
Service recordSantford Bernard Kempke, of Roseburg, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Roseburg, Oregon (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 19
- RONALD ARWED HILLMANCorporal · May 5, 1968
- ALVIN COY KNIGHTCorporal · May 5, 1968
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- CARL KOLLMEYERLieutenant · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GREGORY BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 1
- JESUS ESTRADA BAUTISTAPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 1
- FREDERICK BURGESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 4
- BERNES EDWARD BURRISSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DONALD A CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 5
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN RAYMOND CROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 8
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 12
- GENE ARTHUR KUNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 20
- NELSON R RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 28
- BILLARA WOLFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 36
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
From Roseburg
- WILLIAM ERVIN BURKE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · March 22, 1966
- GARY LEE NEWPORTPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · July 23, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL GRAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY EDWIN KINYONHospitalman · June 7, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- EDWARD ARTHUR MATHESSpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
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.