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HAROLD KAHLER
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 27, 1923 – June 14, 1969
Service recordHarold Kahler, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 14, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 47
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 354 TFS 355 TFW
- Born
- January 27, 1923
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 14, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 47
- CUTBURT HURTAULTCorporal · June 14, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH KAZMIERCZAKCorporal · June 14, 1969
- LOUIS JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- JEROME DEANE LUBENOSergeant · June 14, 1969
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.