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JAMES ROBERT KALSU
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 13, 1945 – July 21, 1970
Service recordJames Robert Kalsu, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 38
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 38
- PETER PAUL HUKCorporal · July 21, 1970
- DAVID EARL JOHNSONSergeant · July 21, 1970
- WALTER JOSEPH KACSOCK JRSpecialist Four · July 21, 1970
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · July 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LOUIS ASHERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 37
- ROBERTO C FLORESSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 37
- FREDERICK DAVID GREENESergeant · Panel 8W, Line 37
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 37
- PETER PAUL HUKCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 38
- DAVID EARL JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- BRENT ROBIN LAWSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 38
- FRANCIS EDWARD MAUNECorporal · Panel 8W, Line 39
- RONALD JAMES SCHULTZSergeant First Class · Panel 8W, Line 39
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · Panel 8W, Line 39
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.