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BERNARD FRANCIS KISSELL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 24, 1946 – October 21, 1968
Service recordBernard Francis Kissell JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 12
- LUTHER ANDERSON GHAHATESpecialist Four · October 21, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK GULIESpecialist Four · October 21, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- KARL ELTON KELLEY JRStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.