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KENNETH DALE MIDDLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1938 – February 28, 1966
Service recordKenneth Dale Middleton, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 87
- RICHARD RONALD HERCHKORNSergeant · February 28, 1966
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- RAYMOND EILERT MEYERSSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LESTER HOWARD CLEGGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 85
- MARSHALL JESSIEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 86
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 88
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 89
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 90
- CLIFTON LEE TARTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 91
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 92
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 92
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- RICKEY LEE CHRANLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.