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KENDALL ALBERT STAKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – April 5, 1968
Service recordKendall Albert Stake, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Translator-Interpreter (04B)
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 20
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · April 5, 1968
- WESLEY WILLIAM SPERLINGSergeant · April 5, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.