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EDWARD GEORGE KILUK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1949 – July 24, 1970
Service recordEdward George Kiluk JR, of Pelham, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Pelham, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 49
- EDWARD FRANCIS GLENN JRCorporal · July 24, 1970
- KENNETH DALE HAMMELCaptain · July 24, 1970
- BRUCE DOUGLAS KIEMESpecialist Four · July 24, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
From Pelham
- BARRY WILLIAM GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1970
- SHELDON JOHN BURNETTColonel · March 7, 1971
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.