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HENRY JOSEPH KIRCHNER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1948 – May 16, 1968
Service recordHenry Joseph Kirchner JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 11
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 11
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES RODNEY HENDRIXCorporal · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS HILLPrivate · May 16, 1968
- JERRY G HOLLINGSWORTH JRCorporal · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLIFTON CUBBAGEPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 8
- EXCELL FICKLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 61E, Line 9
- OTIS EDWARD ISBELLCorporal · Panel 61E, Line 12
- LOUIE JOE SANDOVALPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 19
- WILLIAM JUNIOR TARPLEYSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 19
- DANIEL LEDARE UNDERWOODSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 20
- PAUL EDWARD WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 20
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.