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KENNETH DALE COMBS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – August 27, 1968
Service recordKenneth Dale Combs, of Camarillo, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 39
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Camarillo, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 39
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · August 27, 1968
- WILLIAM FELTON CROOK JRSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · August 27, 1968
- JOHN KENNY HILLPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES C BARBOUR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- WILLIAM F FLAHERTY IIICorporal · Panel 46W, Line 40
- JAMES RONALD HARRISSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 41
- FRANK HOWARD JOHNSPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
From Camarillo
- LEWIS ALBERT KIMMEL JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · February 1, 1968
- BARTON JOHN UPLINGERCaptain · February 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALWIN WESKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH TREASURELance Corporal · October 16, 1968
- PHILIP CLARK STAFFORDSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.