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WILLIAM JOSEPH KUHNS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1943 – June 19, 1969
Service recordWilliam Joseph Kuhns, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 92
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 2 BN 138 ARTY
- Born
- September 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 92
- JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- DANIEL GERARD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JERROLD S PEARLSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
- BERNARD LAWRENCE PIERCEFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1969
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
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.