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CHARLES FREDERICK KUHLMANN
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 7, 1930 – September 22, 1968
Service recordCharles Frederick Kuhlmann, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 22, 1968, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 7, 1930
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 63
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · September 22, 1968
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK KEMERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.