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DERYL RAMON KIRKWOOD
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordDeryl Ramon Kirkwood, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 7
- MARTIN JASSOPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN JOINERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- LARRY W LAPOINTECorporal · February 12, 1968
- STEVE WILLIAM LEWICKISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 9
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 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.