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RAYMOND JOSEPH KIESLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – October 26, 1969
Service recordRaymond Joseph Kiesler, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 121
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 121
- FRED DEAN HIGHBERGER JRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- CLAUDE BRUCE LANDIS IISergeant · October 26, 1969
- BILLY JOE LEMLEYSpecialist Four · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE BRUCE LANDIS IISergeant · Panel 17W, Line 121
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.