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WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1947 – September 26, 1971
Service recordWillis Eugene Kerlin JR, of Tiffin, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 26
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Tiffin, Ohio (Seneca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 26
- STEVEN WAYNE NEVILLESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GREGORY JRMaster Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- ROGER LEE SVIRSergeant · September 26, 1971
From Tiffin
- GRANT CARL TAYLORPrivate · June 5, 1967
- HOWARD ALBERT STRAUSBAUGHLance Corporal · March 9, 1968
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BARGAHEISERGunnery Sergeant · August 6, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLE SIEBENALLERSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE LUSTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1969
- RICHARD PAUL RITZLERCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ASKAMPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- ROY DEWITT PRATERTechnical Sergeant · April 6, 1972
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.