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CLEE ANDREW KIRKENDOLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1947 – September 5, 1968
Service recordClee Andrew Kirkendoll, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 42
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
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 42
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JAMES EMANUEL MURCHISONPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- GEORGE RAY POSEYFireman · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN WAYNE OREMPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 43
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- MICHAEL DALE WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 46
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 47
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.