Kalsu, James Robert, 1LT

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last MOS
1193-Field Artillery Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Field Artillery

Primary Unit
1969-1970, 1193, A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery

Service Years
1969 - 1970

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Oklahoma

Year of Birth
1945

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Casualty Info

Home Town Oklahoma City	Last Address 6716 South Country Club Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73159

Casualty Date Jul 21, 1970
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Thua Thien (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Resthaven Gardens Cemetery - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Wall/Plot Coordinates 0W8 038/Section 30, Site 350, Space 1

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1970, The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor
	1982, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2010, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2015, Celebrities Who Served - Assoc. Page

Photo Album (More...)

Kalsu Family with Sh...	Family Photo	In-Service Photo	A True All-American
Memorial Grave Marke...	Grave Marker	Pro Football Draft	Univ of OK 1967
HS Photo 1961	ROTC Officers 1967	KIA SITREP	KIA Notice
Kalusa 2024 Remembra...	FOB KALSU	Duty & Honor	Kalusa 2024 Remembra...
NFL Football Hall of...	DD Form 1330	DD Form 1330 (Rear)	Burial Site
Cemetery Map	Cemetery Photo	Cemetery Photo	Lest we forget
Family Collage	Three Soldiers Memor...	Poem, The Wall	Memorial Wall
Fallen Soldier	In Memory	Service Photo	Latest Photo
Purple Heart

Ribbon Bar

Basic Combat/Officer Training School


	1969, Field Artillery Officers' Basic Course (FAOBC) (Fort Sill, OK)

Unit Assignments


	1969-1970, 1193, A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery
	1969-1970, 1193, 101st Airborne Division

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1969-1970 Vietnam War/Winter-Spring 1970 Campaign
	1970-1970 Vietnam War/Sanctuary Counteroffensive Campaign (1970)
	1970-1970 Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)

Colleges Attended



	1963-1967, University of Oklahoma

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Kalsu's story touching and tragic.
	A Name on A Wall
	Jul 22, 2015, Other Military Photos

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

1LT Kalsu died while at an artillery firing position when the area, Fire Support Base Ripcord, 24 km southwest of Phong Dien (A Shau Valley), came under mortar attack by a hostile force during a helicopter evacuation attempt, Coffelt Database.

Comments/Citation:

Interment Address:
500 SW 104th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73139-5500
Global Positioning System Coordinates: 35.36190, -97.52890
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