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VIRGIL KIRKLAND JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1941 – November 12, 1965
Service recordVirgil Kirkland JR, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 45
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Surveillance Radar Repairer (35C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 1, 1941
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 45
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · November 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 48
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 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.