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FLORIAN HENRY KUSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1946 – January 5, 1968
Service recordFlorian Henry Kuss, of Strasburg, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Strasburg, North Dakota (Emmons County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 50
- GENE RAY KUNTZCorporal · January 5, 1968
- LAFON WINSTON LADSONPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JAMES JEROME LINDSergeant · January 5, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL LINDNERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT MORGAN CARWITHENSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 45
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 46
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 47
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 48
- ALVIN SAMUEL JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 49
- JOHN PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 49
- LAFON WINSTON LADSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 50
- GARY WESLEY RUNKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 52
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.