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DAVID PAUL KUHNS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 29, 1944 – September 12, 1966
Service recordDavid Paul Kuhns, of Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 118 AVN CO 145 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP
- Born
- July 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Schnecksville, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 88
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- CHARLES RAYMOND CROSLEYLance Corporal · September 12, 1966
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- DANNY L NAILLONPrivate First Class · September 12, 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.