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JIMMY KUHLENHOELTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1948 – September 29, 1969
Service recordJimmy Kuhlenhoelter, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 18
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 18
- TIMMY VALADEZPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- PATRICK ROBERT CURRANMajor · September 29, 1969
- ELTON DAVIS JRLance Corporal · September 29, 1969
- JAMES JENNINGS JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1969
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 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.