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DANIEL JAMES KIRCHGESLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1946 – August 21, 1969
Service recordDaniel James Kirchgesler, of Rapid City, South Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 87
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 BN 21 INF
- Born
- September 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Rapid City, South Dakota (Pennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 87
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT ARTHUR JONESPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- CHARLES R LEBOSQUETCorporal · August 21, 1969
- RANDY JOE LUNDYSpecialist Four · August 21, 1969
From Rapid City
- STANLEY GEORGE SPRAGUEMajor · September 12, 1966
- DENNIS LEE HOLMFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD EIDSMOECaptain · January 26, 1968
- DAVID WARREN CUTSHALLLance Corporal · March 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE MILLSLance Corporal · April 12, 1968
- PERCY BETTELYOUN JRCorporal · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN GREGORY BOYERSergeant · June 1, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- BRENDON JAY BERRIGANSergeant · July 25, 1968
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.