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JOHN ALAN KUEFNER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – August 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Alan Kuefner, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 40
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 40
- SIDNEY GILBERT LAZARUS JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN MAJORLance Corporal · August 14, 1969
- ROBERT STEVENS MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- DARYL MILTON MOGCKSergeant · August 14, 1969
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.