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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Henry Kindle.

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WILLIAM HENRY KINDLE

Sergeant · U.S. Army

February 29, 1948 – April 27, 1969

Service record

William Henry Kindle, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26W · Line 64

Position of Panel 26W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
February 29, 1948
Home of record
St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 27, 1969
Age
21
Province
Hua Nghia
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 26W, Line 64

Same unit, same day

From St Paul

All 132 names from St Paul →

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.