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KENNETH ARTHUR MAHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – July 2, 1969
Service recordKenneth Arthur Mahl, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 46
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 46
- DAVID PAUL INGERSOLLCorporal · July 2, 1969
- GLEN CAMERON KEENE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER KLOTZPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES MOSLEYSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MICHAEL BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 43
- MELVIN SHOICHI FUJITAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 45
- TIMOTHY CRAIG NUNNALLYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 47
- DANIEL BERNARD SINNOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 49
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.