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CARY MICHAEL KISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1945 – August 26, 1966
Service recordCary Michael Kish, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 47
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1966
- CHARLES E HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Five · August 26, 1966
- MARVIN DAVID KOSTROSKIPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 46
- JERRY WAYNE EDDYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 46
- PEDRO ROSARIO GUERREROStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 47
- MARVIN DAVID KOSTROSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 47
- DONALD VEARL STEINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 48
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.