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KENNETH ALLEN PAHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – October 22, 1968
Service recordKenneth Allen Pahl, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 22
- ROBERT CARLOS PAHCHEKAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- BENIGNO RIVERA-GALARZASpecialist Four · October 22, 1968
- ROY HASKEL WILSONCaptain · October 22, 1968
- TERRY HUGH BEARDSLEESpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOHN BELLETTISpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 17
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.