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KENNARD ERROL SVANOE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 29, 1945 – June 2, 1969
Service recordKennard Errol Svanoe, of Fremont, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 48
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 48
- JOSEPH ROBERT SCOTTPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- WILBUR ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
- PRESTON TAYLOR JRCorporal · June 2, 1969
- SAVAS ESCAMILLA TREVINOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
From Fremont
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · February 2, 1968
- DUANE HAROLD SNYDERSergeant First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- HARRY LYNNE HUMMELSergeant · June 1, 1968
- JEFFREY LEE BEARDPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- ROBERT FLORES JRCorporal · October 10, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- DARRELD EDWARD FISHERStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
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.