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WILLIAM LLOYD KINNARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – April 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lloyd Kinnard, of Hesperia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Hesperia, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 23
- JOHN PARKER HOLDEN IISecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MCCARTYSergeant · April 11, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MILLERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DELLWYN ALLEN FITCHCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 21
- JOHN ANDREW HOGGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 22
From Hesperia
- RONALD ALBERT WENZLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1972
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.