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RICHARD JAMES KILWINE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – August 14, 1969
Service recordRichard James Kilwine, of Fromberg, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 39
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Fromberg, Montana (Carbon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 39
- MICHAEL LESTER BRUNDAGESpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES HAMRICKMajor · August 14, 1969
- JAMES BORLAND HIEMENZSergeant · August 14, 1969
- HORATIO WILLIAM HURSTONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK MICHAEL APODACASergeant · Panel 19W, Line 36
- JEFFREY CHARLES ELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 37
- MELVIN LEE GRANTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19W, Line 38
- JAMES BORLAND HIEMENZSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 39
- HORATIO WILLIAM HURSTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 39
- GIL STEVENS WILFONGCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 42
- RICHARD MARVIN WISESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 42
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.