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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Frederick Kiecker.

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PAUL FREDERICK KIECKER

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force

August 24, 1921 – June 17, 1967

Service record

Paul Frederick Kiecker, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 21E · Line 124

Position of Panel 21E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
Service
Regular
Born
August 24, 1921
Home of record
Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 17, 1967
Age
45
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 21E, Line 124

From Colorado Springs

All 46 names from Colorado Springs →

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.