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KENNETH DALE SCHWARTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 21, 1947 – April 15, 1968
Service recordKenneth Dale Schwartz, of Paso Robles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Paso Robles, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 8
- PATRICK FRANCIS SCHAROSCHSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- DENNIS RAYMOND SIETSEMALance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE SLOANSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- LOUIS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LEE KLIMPKESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 5
- JOHN JOSEPH OBRIENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 6
- LOUIS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 8
- JAMES ALLAN TREMBLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 9
- JOHN EDWARD WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Paso Robles
- JAMES GEORGE LEECaptain · October 28, 1965
- ROBERT RISLEY FRYERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- CURTIS HENRY CROPPERLieutenant · April 5, 1970
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.