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CARL FREDERICK KASHIEMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – December 20, 1968
Service recordCarl Frederick Kashiemer, of Rockford, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 51
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 51
- WILBUR O HAKEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- RAY WESLEY HESTERLEELance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT HUDSON JRSergeant · December 20, 1968
- RONALD ALAN JARVISPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
From Rockford
- ROBERT ANDREW HOLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1969
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.