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WILLIE JAMES KIRKSEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – March 16, 1969
Service recordWillie James Kirksey, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 54
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
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 54
- DICKIE DEAN KOELL JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MARVIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MILFORD LOONEY JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD MALONE JRSergeant · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DRUE GAYLORDCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 53
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.