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GERALD DENNIS KIESLING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – July 22, 1968
Service recordGerald Dennis Kiesling, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 34
- GERALD KIRBYPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- DONALD JOHN KRUSSOWPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- HERMAN PAUL MAGEEPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
- DAVID MARK MAYMONCorporal · July 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE NATHANIEL DAVISPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 30
- HUGH MOZELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 30
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 31
- SIEGFRIED LOUIS GRAEBNERCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 31
- DAVID BRUCE KELLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 33
- ROGER DALE SHAFERSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 36
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 36
- VALENTINE TUCKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51W, Line 36
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 37
- MARC GREGORY VANDALSEMPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 37
- GARY ROBERT WILLEKESergeant · Panel 51W, Line 37
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
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.