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KENNETH A BODELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1943 – March 12, 1966
Service recordKenneth A Bodell, of Sandy, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Sandy, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 2
- HAROLD EDWIN STOELTChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 12, 1966
- RICHARD W ARNOLDSpecialist Six · March 13, 1966
- JAMES WARREN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 13, 1966
- BRUCE BYERLY WARNERFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1966
From Sandy
- CLIFFORD F D KANGASCorporal · August 22, 1967
- DANNY LEE ROSECorporal · October 18, 1968
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.