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KIRBY JON DOUGHERTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – September 1, 1968
Service recordKirby Jon Dougherty, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 18
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 18
- FRANKLIN EMMETT ANDERSONChief Petty Officer · September 1, 1968
- DANIEL DEAN BUSSESergeant · September 1, 1968
- BENITO CONTRERAS JRSergeant · September 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN FLINTCorporal · September 1, 1968
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 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.