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JAMES ROBERT KIGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – May 3, 1971
Service recordJames Robert Kiger, of Buffalo, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, Indiana (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 23
- WILLIAM HENRY WALTON JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- LAWRENCE LOU WIESENDANGERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- DERRILL LEE BURNSIDECaptain · May 3, 1971
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALBERT LEWIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 24
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.