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WILLIAM ARTHUR KINDER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 1, 1944 – March 26, 1971
Service recordWilliam Arthur Kinder, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 80
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1971; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 80
- JOEL RICHARD HANKINSCorporal · March 26, 1971
- MARTIN REINHOLD HUART JRSergeant · March 26, 1971
- VINCE ROBERT KISELEWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · March 26, 1971
- DEAN WILBUR KRUEGERFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACOB BENEDICT BABIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 79
- ROBERT DANIEL COFFEYPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 79
- LAWRENCE PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 81
- GORDON EDMUND TIBBETTSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 81
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.