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DANIEL OLMSTEAD KERN
Ensign · U.S. Navy
August 31, 1943 – October 26, 1966
Service recordDaniel Olmstead Kern, of Whitesboro, New York, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 26, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 112
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
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- August 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Whitesboro, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 112
- CHARLES ALBERT PHILHOWERFireman Apprentice · December 6, 1965
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KELLY JRLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES ANDREW LEESeaman · October 26, 1966
- NORMAN STANLEY LEVYLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 106
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 107
- JOSSLYN F BLAKELY JRLieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 107
- CHARLES WILSON BOGGSEnsign · Panel 11E, Line 107
- JAMES LEWIS BREWERLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 107
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · Panel 11E, Line 107
- JOHN FREDRICK FRANCISLieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 109
- JACK HAROLD HARRISCommander · Panel 11E, Line 111
- CLYDE RAY WELCHCommander · Panel 11E, Line 111
- NORMAN STANLEY LEVYLieutenant Commander · Panel 11E, Line 112
- CLARENCE DALE MILLERLieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 113
- OMAR RAY FORDLieutenant Commander · Panel 11E, Line 114
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · Panel 11E, Line 114
- JAMES ANDREW SMITHLieutenant Commander · Panel 11E, Line 115
- THOMAS EDMUND SPITZERLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 115
- WILLIAM ALLEN JOHNSONLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 116
- RONALD ENRIQUE TARDIOEnsign · Panel 11E, Line 116
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · Panel 11E, Line 116
- JAMES RAYMOND WELSHLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 11E, Line 117
From Whitesboro
- RICHARD ALLAN HOUSECorporal · December 17, 1967
- BRIAN FRANCIS DURRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BRADLEY RUSSELL CLARKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- FREDERICK MEZZATESTASpecialist Four · August 17, 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.