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JEFFERY DAVID KUERSTEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1951 – December 14, 1970
Service recordJeffery David Kuersten, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 120
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1951
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 120
- DUANE GORDON CORDINERFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1970
- RANDALL GAYLORD FREEMANWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 1970
- TERRENCE TURNER JACKSONPrivate · December 14, 1970
- STEVE FREDDIE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ROBERT BRASSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 119
- RANDALL GAYLORD FREEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 120
- STEVE FREDDIE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 120
- KENNETH HARLEN LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 121
- RICHARD LEE MAYNARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 121
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.