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KENNETH CUSHEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1946 – December 15, 1967
Service recordKenneth Cushen, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 97
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH RUSSELL DAUSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- RICHARD JAMES REGANSecond Lieutenant · August 11, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
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.