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ERROL LYNN KENT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1950 – November 3, 1971
Service recordErrol Lynn Kent, of Ogema, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 59
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
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Ogema, Minnesota (Becker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 59
- ROBERT FREDRICK QUANDTPrivate First Class · November 1, 1971
- JACK LEONARD DECAIRESpecialist Six · November 3, 1971
- ALBIN LEE KENDALLSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
- ERNEST J MONTELEONE JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALBIN LEE KENDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 59
From Ogema
- DON CARTER BAKERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1966
- DAVID ALAN STIYERSpecialist Five · May 14, 1969
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.