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ERNEST KISH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – September 2, 1969
Service recordErnest Kish, of Inglewood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 24
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 24
- DONALD FRANCIS HORNSeaman · September 2, 1969
- DENNY LAYTON JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1969
- DONALD ROBERT KILPATRICKCaptain · September 2, 1969
- CARL STEPHEN MIKULACorporal · September 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL DAVID BARBRECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 23
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.