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SFC Edward J. Kaminski

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Last name: KAMINSKI
First name: EDWARD J
Home of Record (official): RAHWAY
State (official): NJ
Date of Birth: Sunday, January 29, 1928
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single

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Branch: Army
Rank: SFC
Serial Number: 13162763
Component: Regular
No posthumous promotion indicated in CACCF database, but rank/grade indicate that one may have occurred
Pay grade: E6
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 71F40
Major Organization: 1st Logistical Command

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Start of Tour: Friday, May 12, 1967
Date of Casualty: Thursday, February 29, 1968
Age at time of loss: 40
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Thua Thien
The Wall: Panel 42E - Row 006

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(1) LASTNAME: KAMINSKI FIRSTNAME: EDWARD J IDNO: 13162763 SVC: A COMP: R RANK: SFC PP: & GRADE: E6 MOS: 71F40 AGE: 40 HOME: RAHWAY ST: NJ CASDATE: 19680229 CAS1: A1 CAS2: H CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY: VS PROV: 02 LSVC: 20 BIRDATE: 19280129 RACE: C REL: RC MAR: S SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD: 670512 PANL: 42E LINE: 006 REFNO: 11746 PDATE: 6802

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Details:
On the morning of February 29, 1968, SFC Edward J. Kaminski , SP5 Richard E. Beckwith,and 2LT Victor DiCavallucci were driving to a Marine base when their jeep was ambushed by the Vietcong, just 100 yards from the gates of the base. The Vietcong fired a rocket at their jeep and opened fire with Russian AK 47 rifles, killing all three men in the jeep.

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