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THOMAS EDWARD KESSING JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1951 – August 25, 1970
Service recordThomas Edward Kessing JR, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 5
- JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR IIISergeant · August 25, 1970
- ROBERT EDMUND KOONCESpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL KOZLOWSKISpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JOHN DANIEL MALCOLMSergeant · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MICHAEL KOZLOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 5
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.