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BERNARD FRANCIS KISTLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1939 – November 8, 1966
Service recordBernard Francis Kistler, of Franklin, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 43
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1939
- Home of record
- Franklin, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 43
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- RANDALL WHIT MOOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- RONALD VIRGIL PUTNAMCaptain · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALYCaptain · November 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GEE BLACKMONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 40
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · Panel 12E, Line 40
- HOWARD LEWIS BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 40
- DAVID BRIAN DANNFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 41
- ARTHUR RAYMOND ERSCHOENSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 41
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 41
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 42
- JERRY LEE HAPPELPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 42
- VERTIS JAMES HILL JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 42
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 42
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 43
- RONALD VIRGIL PUTNAMCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 43
- MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALYCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 43
- HENRY ALLEN GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 44
- EURIPIDES RUBIO JRCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 44
- WALTER JAMES SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 44
- RAFAEL VEGA-MAYSONETPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 44
- CASPAR MARVIN WALSH IIISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 45
- LESLIE EDWARD WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 45
- NATHANIEL WYLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 45
From Franklin
- LARRY CLARENCE HAYLETTSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES GOODMANPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD LOGUE JRCorporal · May 21, 1969
- GEORGE W DANIELS JRPrivate · October 9, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD REEDStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
- WILLIAM LEROY SCHELLSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- EDWIN FREDERICK FISHERCorporal · April 17, 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.