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KENNETH ANDREW PREJEAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1946 – May 1, 1969
Service recordKenneth Andrew Prejean, of Metairie, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Metairie, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh 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 26W, Line 93
- RANDY CHARLEY PAROPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE W PARRANTO JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD ROSSFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1969
- FELIX JUAN SALASPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HENRY BAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- IGNACIO ESCOBAR DUROSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- GARRY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 91
- GABRIEL HERNANDEZ MADRIDSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 92
- RANDY DEWITT OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 92
From Metairie
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- GARY AUGUST CHABERTPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- LOUIS LLOYD BRADLEY JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- SHERMAN DAVID LANNES JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
- KENNETH FRANCIS HAYESSpecialist Five · June 3, 1970
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.