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KURT LLOYD KUHNS
Captain · U.S. Army
November 15, 1940 – September 8, 1967
Service recordKurt Lloyd Kuhns, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 35
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1940
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 35
- GARY LEWIS GILLEANSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- FRANCIS E GLAZEBROOK JRSergeant · September 8, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- DURWOOD MICHAEL HALLAMPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 35
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 36
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 37
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 37
- FRANK LOUIS ZIGALOSergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 38
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.