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KENNETH CHARLES HESS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1945 – February 8, 1969
Service recordKenneth Charles Hess, of Throop, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Throop, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 89
- ALVIN LEE SHADWICKSpecialist Five · February 8, 1969
- JAMES MARK SKOMSKISpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- RICHARD LOWELL SKOUBYSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN SPEARSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL IRVINGPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ROBERT HAROLD PARCHER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 88
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.