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WARREN MICHAEL KIRSCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – May 7, 1968
Service recordWarren Michael Kirsch, of Spangler, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Spangler, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 27
- ARTHUR MANOSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- CARL JOHN MARINOPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELLSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
- PHILIP LEE CULVERSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 21
- THOMAS GORESergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 24
- HARRY GLENN KOYLSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 26
- DALTON HUBERT MCWATERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
- THOMAS WAYNE MYERSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 28
From Spangler
- ELWOOD EUGENE RUMBAUGHStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1975
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.