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STANLEY REGAN KIMMEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 1, 1950 – May 30, 1970
Service recordStanley Regan Kimmel, of Summit City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Summit City, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 121
- WILLIAM ELLIS GAY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1970
- RICHARD GUSTAVE HAILE JRSergeant · May 30, 1970
- PATRICK EUGENE LAWLORCorporal · May 30, 1970
- KEN SWAIN MAXWELLSergeant · May 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY JOHN BROWNCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 120
- RICHARD GUSTAVE HAILE JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 121
- HARRY DAVIS PICKARDSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 122
- RICHARD GEORGE WEID JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 122
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.