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BENJAMIN KAON KISSLING
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1944 – April 9, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Kaon Kissling, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 2 BN 12 MAR
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 3
- PHILLIP MEREDITH KIDDPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- LOUIS MICHAEL LANESergeant · April 9, 1968
- KARL WADE LAWSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1968
- WAYNE ROBERT LEFEBERSpecialist Five · April 9, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.