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CONRAD JOSEPH KUFFEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1944 – January 11, 1969
Service recordConrad Joseph Kuffel, of Gilman, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 71
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Gilman, Minnesota (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 71
- JOHN THOMAS HINESPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- ANTHONY LEROY LEMASergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- HAROLD J SLINGERLAND JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 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.