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THOMAS ROBERT KYLE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 10, 1946 – August 20, 1966
Service recordThomas Robert Kyle JR, of Park Ridge, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Park Ridge, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 22
- SILBANO MORINPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- DANIEL EUGENE MORRISLance Corporal · August 20, 1966
- ALLEN CLARENCE ROCKPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
From Park Ridge
- THOMAS JOHN MALLONCorporal · March 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BIGHAMLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- JEDH COLBY BARKERLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- GLENN ELLSWORTH TRUEXPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- KEVIN RICHARD HUMPHREYLance Corporal · November 5, 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.