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THOMAS RUSSELL KISNER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1931 – December 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Russell Kisner, of Wexford, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 37
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Wexford, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 37
- FRED DONALD LAMBERTFirst Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- EUGENE MANIGOPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- THOMAS RICHARD MATTYCorporal · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE MANIGOPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 37
From Wexford
- GARY FRANCIS JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1968
- PAUL DAVID GROSICKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
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.