First Lieutenant Kimball was a member of the 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy near Taejon, South Korea on July 20, 1950.

First Lieutenant Kimball was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.
 

KIMBALL, DAVID ALTON
1LT USA
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF BIRTH: 07/27/1924
DATE OF DEATH: 07/20/1950
DATE OF INTERMENT: 06/08/1951
BURIED AT: SECTION 8  SITE 6374-A R
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY