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JAMES EDWARD KESSELHON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – March 21, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Kesselhon, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 48
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- GEORGE LEO LAKEYCaptain · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT LOVEDAHLFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1968
From Sun Prairie
- THOMAS EDWARD BROOMEPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- FREDERICK V SUCHOMELSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.