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JOSEPH M KIERNAN JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
May 19, 1927 – June 3, 1967
Service recordJoseph M Kiernan JR, of Englewood, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 48
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1927
- Home of record
- Englewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 48
- BILLY RAY LANEYMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- WILLIAM EVERETT MARTINSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- KEITH MILTON MOSER IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDMUND GARDNER EXUM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 44
- ALLEN TRUMAN NEWMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21E, Line 50
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · Panel 21E, Line 51
- RODNEY HOWE SMITHLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21E, Line 53
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · Panel 21E, Line 53
From Englewood
- JAMES THOMAS GORDONCorporal · February 17, 1968
- SYLVESTER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- JEROME MENTERPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
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.