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KENNETH ALAN LUSE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 15, 1950 – November 29, 1969
Service recordKenneth Alan Luse, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 6
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 6
- RAY FRANK LONGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM LUNSFORD JRSergeant · November 29, 1969
- CALVIN BERNARD MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
- JOHN EUGENE MATTINGLYSergeant · November 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BABYAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 2
- DENNIS DEAN BOGLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 3
- DENNIS WAYNE HOLTORFPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 4
- JACK DALE KNEPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 5
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 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.