Perry Castellion Kitchens

Vietnam War
Unit329th Transportation Company
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromDecatur Georgia
Date of DeathNovember 3 1970
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
329th Transportation Company
Notes
Sergeant Kitchens was a member of 329th Transportation Company, 5th Transportation Command (Terminal). On November 3, 1970, he was a passenger on Landing Craft Utility #63 that capsized 5 nautical miles south of Tan My port, South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on November 29, 1974 and identified on September 16, 1977. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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