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WILLIAM LEWIS KIEFFER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 19, 1924 – February 11, 1970
Service recordWilliam Lewis Kieffer JR, of Greenbelt, Maryland, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1970, in Laos, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SOS SQ
- Born
- August 19, 1924
- Home of record
- Greenbelt, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 45
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 126
- MICHAEL ROBERT GLENNSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- KENNETH LAVERN KELLERSergeant · February 11, 1970
- PAUL HERBERT KNECHTSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- VINCENT MICHAEL LAROCCASpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
From Greenbelt
- RICHARD AARON SKINNERPrivate · August 10, 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.