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KENNETH ALLEN BUYS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 12, 1947 – March 3, 1968
Service recordKenneth Allen Buys, of Anaheim, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 47
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- HOWARD HERRELL ASHFORDSergeant · March 3, 1968
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- FRANK LESTER BROWNPrivate · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LESTER BROWNPrivate · Panel 42E, Line 47
- HAROLD HOLMESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- GEORGE HERBERT NESTLERODELieutenant Colonel · Panel 42E, Line 53
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.