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STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 17, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordSteve William Kinghammer, of Renton, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 87
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Renton, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 87
- ROBERT WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- J C NABORSMajor · January 27, 1967
- NICHOLAS LEON NAVARROSergeant · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARMAND JAMES AUFIEREPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 84
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 85
- JOHN CHARLES FAIDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 86
- FRANK MOSS RHODESCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 88
From Renton
- STEVEN ANTHONY CHURCHPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- CHARLES RUSSELL PETCHNICKPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- DUANE SCOTT BAKERCaptain · June 6, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM TOSCHISergeant · July 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBY WOLFPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- LEONARD MORRIS PHIPPSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS FRANCAVILLALance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD HOSKINSLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES HOLTSergeant · January 18, 1969
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.