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VICTOR DAVISON KAHLA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – March 20, 1969
Service recordVictor Davison Kahla JR, of Port Bolivar, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 89
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Bolivar, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 89
- GEORGE MEDFORD GORRERA JRPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT JEFFRIESLance Corporal · March 20, 1969
- HAROLD BENJAMIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- MAX ARDEN JOHNSONCorporal · March 20, 1969
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.