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EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 29, 1933 – February 11, 1962
Service recordEdward Knell Kissam JR, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1962
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1962. In February 1962, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 6
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- FLOYD MILTON FRAZIERTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1962
- STANLEY GERALD HARTSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- JACK DATE LETOURNEAUFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
From Plainfield
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANNMajor · January 30, 1969
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.