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KENNETH DAVID LINSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – July 30, 1968
Service recordKenneth David Linse, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD KANDELLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · July 30, 1968
- DENNIS DEWAIN MANNINGLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · Panel 50W, Line 36
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.