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BURLEY DARREL KIRACOFE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 18, 1947 – April 5, 1969
Service recordBurley Darrel Kiracofe, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 19
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 19
- RICHARD TYRONE LEAVELLPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- PAUL RAYMOND LEHOULLIERLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN LIGHTSergeant · April 5, 1969
- ROBERT CHAGOYA LIRAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT BROCKCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 15
- LOUIS BROWNCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 15
- DONALD LEO CLINESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 15
- KENNETH ESTESSpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 17
- STEVEN JAMES HUBERTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 18
- GEORGE JACKSON HYATTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 18
- STEVEN MICHALSKICorporal · Panel 27W, Line 20
- MICHAEL LEE WERTMANCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
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.