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JERRY WAYNE KIRKENDOLL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – March 15, 1971
Service recordJerry Wayne Kirkendoll, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 50
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1971; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 50
- CHARLIE LOUIS LANIERSergeant · March 15, 1971
- WILLIAM DAVID MINERColonel · March 15, 1971
- PHILLIP DEAN MONSONSergeant · March 15, 1971
- GREGORY SCOTT MORGANSpecialist Four · March 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JAMES GEORGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 4W, Line 49
- GREGORY SCOTT MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 50
- JERRY WAYNE PEOPLESSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 51
From Overland Park
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 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.