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EARNEST LEE KAUFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – February 20, 1969
Service recordEarnest Lee Kauffman, of Vandalia, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Vandalia, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 65
- DENNIS WRAY CRIPELance Corporal · February 20, 1969
- MANFRED WILLY FITZGERALDSergeant · February 20, 1969
- EDWARD LAMONT HANDYSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- FRANK ROBERT HOWEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DRUE ADAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 63
- QUENTON LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 64
- MARVIN ANDREW DEVAULTCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 64
- BILLIE JACK MCCLUREPrivate · Panel 32W, Line 66
- JUNIOR FLOYD RONIGERSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 67
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- HERBERT HOLLINGE STAUFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 68
- ALLEN CALVIN YEOMANS IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 69
From Vandalia
- JOHN LODA HAINESSergeant · March 6, 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.