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RUSSELL WILFORD KISTLER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 10, 1924 – January 12, 1966
Service recordRussell Wilford Kistler, of Dothan, Alabama, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- July 10, 1924
- Home of record
- Dothan, Alabama (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 67
- ROBERT MOFFETT DOWLINGChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 12, 1966
- JAIME IRIZARRY-PEREZStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- ROBERT LEROY KILLABREWStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1966
- LEE EDWARD ROSENWASSERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
From Dothan
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- CHARLES WALKER FORDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- LOWELL C HANSENStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1967
- HURLEY ALVIN SMITHLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- JEFFERY ALLEN YERIONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- ERNEST LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · June 9, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS WILSONCaptain · October 16, 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.