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KENNETH ARTHUR VARNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – May 1, 1967
Service recordKenneth Arthur Varney, of Tonawanda, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 8
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Tonawanda, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 8
- ROBERT LEE MCCAMBLECorporal · May 1, 1967
- DUWAYNE SOULIERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES B BELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 3
- WILLIE J MYRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 7
- ALFONZA WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 9
From Tonawanda
- ROBERT SMEALSergeant · March 15, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS SADLERPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- MARK EDWARD VANDERHEIDLance Corporal · June 28, 1968
- BURTON WARD DALKESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY GRIFASIStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1970
- ALEX C SPENCE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 1970
- JAMES LEWIS STEINKIRCHNERSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
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.