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JOHN HENRY KIRCHNER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1942 – May 9, 1968
Service recordJohn Henry Kirchner JR, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 30
- RICHARD EDWIN NOBLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JRSergeant · May 9, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL SICKLESLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 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.