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JAMES LEROY KISTLER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1941 – June 12, 1967
Service recordJames Leroy Kistler, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 95
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 AMTRAC BN
- Born
- December 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 95
- HARRY LANN HENDRICKSFirst Lieutenant · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES LEEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS MCCLAINCorporal · June 12, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 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.