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GARY ALLEN KIRCHNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1950 – May 8, 1971
Service recordGary Allen Kirchner, of Belleville, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 26
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Belleville, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 26
- LARRY WAYNE ROTHELSpecialist Four · May 7, 1971
- GARY DUANE COCHRANSergeant · May 8, 1971
- STEPHEN FRANCIS GRAYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
- ALBERT RAY HANKINSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN ROGER LLOYDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 27
- CHARLES THOMAS WILCOXSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 27
From Belleville
- ROGER DEAN BULIFANTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ROBERT GORDON PETRIMOULXPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- KENNETH LIGE FULTONSpecialist Five · February 15, 1968
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · August 2, 1969
- GREG ALLEN BARKERPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.