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DAVID ALLEN KUHNS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1945 – October 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Allen Kuhns, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 34
- JAMES ROBERT WEISLERSergeant · October 2, 1969
- ANTONIO GARZAPrivate First Class · October 3, 1969
- FRANCISCO GIRONSergeant First Class · October 3, 1969
- PAUL LEROY GRAFFECaptain · October 3, 1969
- RONALD JOHN MILLERPrivate · October 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY LEE BOLESSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 33
- FRANCISCO GIRONSergeant First Class · Panel 17W, Line 34
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 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.