Kingsbury High School Alumni Association

KINGSBURY  HIGH  SCHOOL  ALUMNI

MILITARY  MEMORIALS
Name Class
Of
Conflict Branch of
Service
Unit Rank Details
Dan Willie Archer, Jr 1965 Vietnam
War
United States
Army
C, 1/35th,
25th Division
PFC/E2 Killed In Action on July 15, 1967 at Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Dan is buried in the Forest Hill East Cemetery in Memphis. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 23E - Row 73).
Stephen Eugene Bullard 1965 Vietnam
War
United States
Marine Corps
2/1 Marines
1st Division
PFC/E2 Wounded In Action on August 21, 1973 at Quang Nam, South Vietnam. He was paralyzed from the neck down and died sometime after returning home. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 1W - Row 120).
William Henry Kennedy 1967* Vietnam
War
United States
Marine Corps
I, 3/1 Marines
1st Division
PFC/E2 Killed in Action on December 21, 1967 at Quang Tri, South Vietnam. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 32E - Row 36).
Elvis Earl Mullen 1971* Vietnam
War
United States
Army
B, 3/22
25th Division
CPL/E3 Killed in Action on October 5, 1969 at Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 17W - Row 42).
Gary Ray Smith 1968* Vietnam
War
United States
Marine Corps
1/5 Marines
1st Division
PFC/E2 Killed in Action on February 17, 1968 at Thua Thien, South Vietnam. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 39E - Row 78).
Kelly Patrick Vaughn   1967 Vietnam
War
United States
Army
C, 3/21
196th LIB
CPL/E3 Killed in Action on March 21, 1969 at Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Kelly is buried in the National Cemetery in Memphis. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 28W - Row 5).
Harry Leon Wells 1965 Vietnam
War
United States
Marine Corps
F, 2/26 Marines
3rd Division
SGT/E5 Killed in Action on October 28, 1968 at Quang Nam, South Vietnam. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 40W - Row 52).
William Levy Wilburn, Jr. 1965 Vietnam
War
United States
Army
A, 1/77th Armor
5th Division
SP5 Killed in Action on January 15, 1969 at Quang Tri, South Vietnam. His name is displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall (Panel 34W - Row 12).
All of the individuals, listed above, attended Kingsbury High School.  The ones, whose class year is marked with an asterisk (*), did not graduate from Kingsbury.  Some dropped out of school, possibly due to the draft.  Some transferred to other schools prior to graduation.  The year shown is the best estimate of when they would have graduated.
The Vietnam War Memorial is located in front of Kingsbury High School
  Vietnam War Memorial  


The Kingsbury High School
Senior Class of 1971 placed a
memorial in front of the school
to honor all those who
served in the Vietnam War.



For information about the
Vietnam War Memorial Wall
in Washington (DC) go to

The Virtual Wall .ORG

Vietnam War Service Ribbon
The Vietnam War Memorial is located in front of Kingsbury High School.  The base of the flagpole can be seen in the background.