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MYRON DALE KJELLERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1950 – June 10, 1969
Service recordMyron Dale Kjellerson, of Huron, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 13
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 73 ENG CO 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Huron, South Dakota (Beadle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 13
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- HOWARD CHARLES HEARDPrivate · June 10, 1969
- JAMES HOPPER JRPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
From Huron
- JAMES RICHARD PLATESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- ROGER LEE PORTERAirman · June 20, 1970
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.