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HOWARD WALKER KAISER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 25, 1941 – September 13, 1966
Service recordHoward Walker Kaiser, of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 13, 1966, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 91
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- March 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Chesterfield, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 91
- ALONZA EVANSPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- BENJAMIN B FINZERFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN B FINZERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 91
- JOHN E STACKHOUSECaptain · Panel 10E, Line 93
From Chesterfield
- WILLIAM WAYNE ONEILSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
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.