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MICHAEL EDWARD KISCADEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1950 – July 1, 1970
Service recordMichael Edward Kiscaden, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 108
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 108
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · June 30, 1970
- PETER HUDSON GERTHPetty Officer Third Class · July 1, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH GLADUSergeant · July 1, 1970
- RANDY STANTON MORRISONPetty Officer Second Class · July 1, 1970
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 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.