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JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGER
Major · U.S. Army
August 19, 1933 – July 2, 1967
Service recordJohn McFarland Kessinger, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 106
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 19, 1933
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 106
- LUTHER M JONESSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DARRYL RICHARD JUELLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- FREDERICK MORRISON KASCHLieutenant · July 2, 1967
- WARREN OWINGS KENEIPP JRCaptain · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FEDELE ANTHONY CICEROCaptain · Panel 22E, Line 98
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 98
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- JEFFERY EVANS MEADLance Corporal · March 12, 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.