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ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1940 – May 25, 1967
Service recordAlfred George Kircher, of Ozone Park, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 104
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 104
- THOMAS ROBERT IKEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- REYNALD GERARD LEPAGEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- LARRY JOE LILESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAGGIO JRPrivate · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 100
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- PETER JOSEPH GERSPACH IIISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 103
- EDWARD MICHAEL MCMULLANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 103
- GARY ALLEN RATHBUNSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 106
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 108
- BENJAMIN GARETH WELLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 108
From Ozone Park
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.