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STUART OTIS KIEFER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1948 – June 14, 1968
Service recordStuart Otis Kiefer, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 19
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 19
- JASPER ELLISON JRPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- GERALD EDWARD KORSONLance Corporal · June 14, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM LINKPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT CLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 16
- JESSE VIRGINIUS HAWK IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 18
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 18
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 20
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 21
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.