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KEN HARRIS TAKETA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1949 – July 27, 1971
Service recordKen Harris Taketa, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 116
- GUNTER WILFRIED SCHEUSergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
- ROBERT EUGENE SCHULZESeaman · July 27, 1971
- DOMENIC SMIGLIANISergeant First Class · July 27, 1971
- CHARLES CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1971
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.