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JEAN ARTHUR KEARBY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 30, 1922 – June 23, 1969
Service recordJean Arthur Kearby, of Austin, Minnesota, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 121
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 315 AIR DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1922
- Home of record
- Austin, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 121
- MONTE RICHARD JONESSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY KELLER IICaptain · June 23, 1969
- LARRY WADE KINDERSergeant · June 23, 1969
From Austin
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
- TRACY STEPHEN TENHOFFLance Corporal · November 13, 1966
- THEODORE RUSSELL NELSONPetty Officer Third Class · May 18, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN STROUBSpecialist Five · February 5, 1968
- NORMAN LEE HINKLESpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- JAN PAUL CHRISTENSENFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
- STEPHEN DUANE JOHNSONSergeant · June 3, 1969
- PHILIP OWEN RICHARDSONSergeant · August 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.