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JOHN TERRENCE KILE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – December 13, 1970
Service recordJohn Terrence Kile, of Millen, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Millen, Georgia (Jenkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 119
- TOMMY GENE MORRISCorporal · December 13, 1970
- EARL EDWIN SHANNONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- PAUL ROBERT BRASSWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EARL EDWIN SHANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 119
From Millen
- JACK WEAVERStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · June 30, 1970
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.