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MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1944 – May 19, 1966
Service recordMichael Raymond Kiehl, of El Cajon, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1944
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 86
- ROGER EDWARD JOZWIAKLance Corporal · May 19, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
- MICHAEL WINSTON KILROYCaptain · May 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNY WAYNE BULLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 85
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 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.