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WILLIAM BROOKS KISER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1942 – October 5, 1967
Service recordWilliam Brooks Kiser, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 54
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · October 5, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- FRANCIS CHARLES MIDUSKISecond Lieutenant · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD SANDSTROMPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 56
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.