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THOMAS PATRICK KINDT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1940 – September 21, 1966
Service recordThomas Patrick Kindt, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 129
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 129
- JOHN WILLIAM JOLLEY JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- BILLY LANE LAUFFERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- EDWARD ALFRED WELLINGSPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.