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KERRY EUGENE HESS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 7, 1945 – June 5, 1969
Service recordKerry Eugene Hess, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 74
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 74
- STEVEN WAYNE HERRINGSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · June 5, 1969
- RICHARD JEROME HOLMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1969
- THOMAS GLEN HORALPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LYLE MANNCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 76
- JOHN ROBERT MAXSONSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 76
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
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.