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KENNETH ALAN PAVAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1945 – May 19, 1969
Service recordKenneth Alan Pavan, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 55
- DONALD LYNN KELLYFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- EDDIE MONTGOMERY JRCorporal · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS CHARLES TREIBLECorporal · May 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GLENN KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 54
- THOMAS CHARLES TREIBLECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 55
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
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.