David Kiener, Machine Gunner, M/3/7 Marines, Vietnam

Comments · 95

• BR

  @brucefrye8799 · 2 years ago

  Thank you David Kiener for your service and telling us your story

  13

• RI

  @Rip889 · 2 years ago

  You can just tell how much this means to this hero by the excitement he still shows talking about it. I hope to be half the man this gentleman was some day!

  8

• JO

  @JoeM162 · 1 year ago

  I was a Sergeant in the rear with the gear and did 13 months in FLSG Bravo at Chu Lai and finished at FLC Headquarters in Danang.  Just before my rotation, they asked for volunteers for the infantry.  So I volunteerd and ended up on Hill 37 in May of 67.  I was assigned to the BattalionS2 and remained there until April of 68. I remember the night Hill 25 was hit.  LtCol Counselman, the Bn Commander and the battalion staff all monitored the progress of the battle.  I remember being awed by the coolness of the Staff Sergeant when he called for final protective fire from the artillery on hill 65.  The battery fired on the wrong hill initionally. and he corrected the fire.  I have always admired him for his coolness while the base was being overrun.  As a side note, there were    well over a hundred enemy bodies counted around  Hill 25

  5

• TR

  @Traikovich · 2 years ago

  Semper Fi from Perry County, Ohio!

  8

• MN

  @mnbluesboy · 2 years ago

  David Kiener you're a true hero my friend...God Bless and thank you. M-60 gunner, Cu chi So. Viet Nam 70-71....Never saw the sort of horror that you did thank God!

  5

• RO

  @robertcloninger9797 · 2 years ago

  Thank you sir, I'm a 100 percent disabled army veteran and was in the early 70s and thought that was where I was going and thanks to brave men like you I didn't have to go, thank you so much and God bless you.

  4

• JE

  @jeanlignereux275 · 2 years ago

  Hi from France😍😙🤗I love that guy...always smiling,even laughing,telling the terrible things he endured...

  6

• MY

  @MyPOTUS48 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for your service! My mom's cousin is Semper Fi, Korean War, won the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. God bless you.

  7

• TE

  @terryslota2224 · 2 years ago

  3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66

  3

• JA

  @jamesburns2232 · 2 years ago

  I like it at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRPpofLTlsE&amp;t=2145">35:45</a> when Dave Kiener says that if Sgt. Bolton had not called in artillery, he would have just been a memory for his mom and dad. &nbsp;That tells you something about leadership and service. &nbsp;🪖

  9

• BA

  @baptankna6187 · 2 years ago

  What a wonderful man.Thank you so much for being you.

  4

• HE

  @Heathen22 · 2 years ago

  Thanks for your service Marine!

  7