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JOHN CREIGHTON GILLE KERR
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 16, 1932 – August 22, 1967
Service recordJohn Creighton Gille Kerr, of Miami, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 22, 1967, in Laos, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 606 ACS
- Born
- March 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “606 ACS”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 30
- CLIFFORD F D KANGASCorporal · August 22, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ALLAN LESKYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS MADLANDPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN MESSERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BURKE HENDERSON MORGANMajor · Panel 25E, Line 31
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.