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JAMES ANTHONY KIGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1947 – September 17, 1966
Service recordJames Anthony Kiger, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 107
- WILLIAM WALLACE NEWTONChief Petty Officer · February 17, 1960
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · September 17, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT LEEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DAREL DEAN LEETUNLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1966
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
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.