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JAMES LARRY KIESTLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – June 1, 1969
Service recordJames Larry Kiestler, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 37
- ROBERT LEE GRANTCorporal · June 1, 1969
- IRIS HILTON HARRINGTONPetty Officer Third Class · June 1, 1969
- DANNY LEE HOPKINSPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALKER POESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 39
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.