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TERRY DEWAYNE KINMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 28, 1950 – December 4, 1970
Service recordTerry Dewayne Kinman, of Big Spring, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 106
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Big Spring, Texas (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 106
- HENRY LEWIS CHAVISSpecialist Four · December 4, 1970
- GEORGE CURTIS GREEN JRSergeant · December 4, 1970
- JAMES REEVE HEIMBOLDCaptain · December 4, 1970
- JOHN IRVING LASSITTERFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1970
From Big Spring
- AUGUSTIN CHAVEZ PAREDEZSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LEWIS MCCOY THOMASPrivate First Class · April 14, 1966
- INZAR WILLIAM RACKLEY JRLieutenant Colonel · October 18, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- EDDIE DEAN HOLLANDSWORTHPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- WALTER ROGERS BLALOCKSergeant · March 6, 1967
- GENE VAUGHNLance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · November 22, 1967
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- REYNALDO AYALA SANCHEZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
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.