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JAMES WALTER KIRKSEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 10, 1949 – August 18, 1969
Service recordJames Walter Kirksey, of Chandler, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 61
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Chandler, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 61
- GARY WAYNE HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- GEARLD ALBERT HENRYSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- EDWIN CLOYD HOCKENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- JAMES G HODGSKIN JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
From Chandler
- JAMES GRAYStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- RODOLFO VALENZUELAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH ANDERSONSergeant · December 2, 1968
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.