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FRANK JOSEPH KIEWLEN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – May 22, 1969
Service recordFrank Joseph Kiewlen JR, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 77
- DONALD LEE JUSTICEPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- ROBERT EMMETT LAYMAN JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1969
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
- GEORGE OTHEL MAYOGunnery Sergeant · May 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD HUESTISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 76
- HARRY MICHAEL TRAMMELLSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 80
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
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.