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KEN E MICLOSKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1948 – January 21, 1969
Service recordKen E Micloskey, of Plymouth, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 51
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 51
- MILO GEORGE MAAHSCaptain · January 21, 1969
- JAMES LEROY MILLERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE MOORESergeant First Class · January 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS VICTOR ALBI JRPrivate · Panel 34W, Line 46
- THOMAS EDWARD DRAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 47
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.