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GUY DALE KISTNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – December 27, 1967
Service recordGuy Dale Kistner, of Burlingame, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 75
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlingame, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 75
- NORMAN WILBUR CLEARWATERSergeant · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LEON JONESSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RONALD LEE KESLINGCorporal · December 27, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GORDON THOMAS DALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 71
- JAMES ELLIS LOUDERMILKSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 77
- THOMAS WILLIAM MALLOYSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 81
- RICHARD JOHN SOLCZYKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 82
From Burlingame
- JAMES PATRICK SHEALieutenant (junior grade) · April 20, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DORANLance Corporal · February 18, 1967
- JEFFERY ARNOLD HARVEYSpecialist Four · April 27, 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.