KIM SOVEREEN BIRD

Battery C 4/42 Artillery

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/14/1966

 

 

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Aug 13, 1945
From: Milford, Utah
Religion: LATTER DAY SAINTS, MORMON
Marital Status: Single

CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
MOS: 13A10: Field Artillery Basic
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jul 23, 1966
Casualty was on Dec 14, 1966
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
Body was recovered

Panel 13E - Line 42

 

Kim Bird was killed while on a combat operation when hit by a ricochet
from a friendly helicopter firing in support.

 

 

 

CPL Kim S. Bird's decorations

 

 

 

Kim Bird in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam 1966

 

 

 

 

Burial:
Saint George City Cemetery
Saint George
Washington County
Utah, USA
Plot: L_4_36

 

Grave marker for Kim S. Bird

 

Photo by Burnt Almond Fudge from the Find A Grave website

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos from the Vet Friends website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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