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DAVID JOSEPH KERN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1943 – April 1, 1966
Service recordDavid Joseph Kern, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1943
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 71
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE JOHNSONCorporal · April 1, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDERICK KOHLRUSCHLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DON CARTER BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 70
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 71
- RICHARD PAUL RANDSecond Lieutenant · Panel 6E, Line 72
- RICARDO HINOJOSA SOTOSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 72
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
- DENNIS RICHARD TABORCorporal · June 11, 1966
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.