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DALE DEAN KENYON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1941 – May 24, 1968
Service recordDale Dean Kenyon, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 4
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 4
- JEFFERY ALAN GOSSLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD KNOXSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- JOHN GEORGE KOMERSPrivate · May 24, 1968
- AL RICKEY LEWISLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL GOOSSENSLance Corporal · September 24, 2004
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES BURKHARTSpecialist Four · Panel 67E, Line 5
- TOUSSAINT LEO TITUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 69E, Line 3
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 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.