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DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEIN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 28, 1945 – May 8, 1967
Service recordDaniel Lynn Kirstein, of Pasadena, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 61
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 61
- JOHN CARL KOPACSKALance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- GARY HAROLD KREHCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES ERVIN LAKEYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- LARRY MILTON LANGANPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 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.