Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 28-Jul-1947
Hometown: Hickman, Kentucky
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 21-Aug-1966
Start of tour: 29-Aug-1967
Incident date: 8-Oct-1967
Date of casualty: 8-Oct-1967
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Mitchell Lynn Kemp died as the result of injuries sustained while passenger in military vehicle on combat operation which hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Hickman City Cemetery, Hickman, Kentucky, USA
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