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KENNETH ALAN DAHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1950 – January 10, 1971
Service recordKenneth Alan Dahl, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 12, 1950
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 37
- DOUGLAS OAKLEY FORDCaptain · January 10, 1971
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
- JERRY THOMAS HICKEYSergeant · January 10, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CECIL EUCLED CALLANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 36
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.