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KENNETH CARL RAKENTINE
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1936 – September 13, 1967
Service recordKenneth Carl Rakentine, of Lowland Hills, New York, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 66
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Lowland Hills, New York
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1967; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 66
- JOHN OSCAR KERNEYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- RICHARD MARVIN KROSSENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM NICHOLAS LOOMISLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MULCAHYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 64
- JESSIE CLIFFORD COFIELDCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 65
- DENNIS RAY HODGESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 65
- MICHAEL DAVID MINERPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- SIDNEY MCARTHUR RASNICKPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 67
- WALTER FREDERICK STEFFENSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 67
- PAUL ROBERT MACK STRANGECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 68
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 68
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.