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JAMES EUGENE KIRBY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 27, 1941 – February 11, 1969
Service recordJames Eugene Kirby, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 13
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 13
- EDWARD MONROE HOLTZMANSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- LONNIE ELWOOD HOOPAUGHPetty Officer Second Class · February 11, 1969
- HAROLD WILLIAM KROSKE JRMajor · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1969
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 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.