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KENNETH BRUCE BIXEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – December 15, 1968
Service recordKenneth Bruce Bixel, of Willoughby, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Willoughby, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 25
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 1968
- CHARLES ELBERT GAYSpecialist Five · December 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- STEVEN AARON HAMPTONCorporal · December 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 25
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 25
From Willoughby
- JACK WILLIAM LOGAN JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- DONACIANO GUTIERREZ LOPEZStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM JUDKINSPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN LUPASPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- THOMAS LEONARD SEIFERTSergeant · May 15, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS BELLCorporal · June 20, 1968
- RUSSELL PATRICK FORRISTALLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
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.