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RICHARD LEE KERKHOFF
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 22, 1945 – June 21, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Kerkhoff, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 106
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 106
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- ANDREW FRANK KOKESHCorporal · June 21, 1969
- GORDON ALAN MACMILLANCorporal · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MALONECorporal · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY M BORKHOLDERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 104
- PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSONCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 107
- HARLIS CALVIN SALESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 109
- MICHAEL PATRICK WARNERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 110
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.