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KENNETH ALFRED SCHIMANSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1950 – September 28, 1969
Service recordKenneth Alfred Schimanski, of Colbert, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Colbert, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 17
- WILLIAM A MAGUIRE JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- DENNIS OLIVER MCGHEESpecialist Four · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL MULLINEAUXPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- PAUL HENRY REESECaptain · September 29, 1969
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.