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WILLIAM DOYLE KINDLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – December 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Doyle Kindle, of Concordia, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Concordia, Missouri (Lafayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 5
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND JONES JRFirst Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- BARRY DEAN KINGMANFirst Lieutenant · December 29, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH MORRISSEYCorporal · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND JONES JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 5
- MICHAEL CARR SPOTSWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 6
From Concordia
- STANLEY WAYNE MARTENSSpecialist Four · July 4, 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.