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BARRY CHARLES KELLENBENZ
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1945 – January 19, 1969
Service recordBarry Charles Kellenbenz, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 38
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 38
- PAUL AUGUST HOLTZSeaman · January 19, 1969
- LEO LEROY KOTKEPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS KUNF JRFirst Lieutenant · January 19, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE MILLERSergeant · January 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RAYMOND BALZARINIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 35
- GENE LEROY SCHUKARSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 40
- JAMES LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 40
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTHCorporal · March 18, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.