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WILEY COLE BIRKLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1941 – March 14, 1966
Service recordWiley Cole Birkland, of Hardin, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Hardin, Montana (Big Horn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 6
- EARLIE JAMES BUTLER JRStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1966
- MARVIN HARPERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- GERALD WILFORD HEUSTONSergeant First Class · March 14, 1966
- PHIL TABBCaptain · March 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD WILFORD HEUSTONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 6
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 7
- FRANK MULLENPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 7
- RANDALL SHERWOOD HICKMANSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 8
- LIONEL RANDOLPHSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 8
- DANIEL FRANKLIN SHARPCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 8
From Hardin
- DANIEL WARREN BEARYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONALD FINDLING WOLFELieutenant (junior grade) · October 8, 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.