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EUGENE H KIRKLAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 1, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordEugene H Kirkland, of Chester, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Chester, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 10
- MICHAEL ROBERT KALESpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTONE KEKAHUNASergeant · May 6, 1968
- LARRY LEE KELLYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM B KIMBALL JRSecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WAYNE MELVINSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 12
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.