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JERRY ALLEN KISER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 14, 1949 – December 1, 1968
Service recordJerry Allen Kiser, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 17
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 17
- ALFREDO D GRANADO-AVILESCorporal · December 1, 1968
- LARRY STEVEN HEATERLance Corporal · December 1, 1968
- DAVID PETER HELLENBRANDSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE LAWTONSergeant · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL ALFORD IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- ROGER ALLEN HOLTECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 16
- MICHAEL DEAN ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- JAMES MICHAEL STANDEFORDSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 19
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 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.