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GEORGE H KIRBY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 11, 1928 – April 27, 1965
Service recordGeorge H Kirby JR, of Lynch, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 27, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 110
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Lynch, Kentucky (Harlan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 110
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEGRANDStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1965
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
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.