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JAMES WESLEY KIEHNE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1949 – February 13, 1972
Service recordJames Wesley Kiehne, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 106
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 106
- ROBERT MURRAY LAIRDSergeant · February 13, 1972
- LUTHER MCKIND LASATER IIICaptain · February 13, 1972
- JESSE WILLARD MONTAGUE JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1972
- CHRISTOPHER RICHARD SEITZSpecialist Five · February 13, 1972
From Wyomissing
- RICHARD HOWARD ROYERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- RODNEY WAYNE MELTONPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.