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KENNETH DEWAYNE HARJO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1950 – November 18, 1969
Service recordKenneth Dewayne Harjo, of Seminole, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 91
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Seminole, Oklahoma (Seminole County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 91
- MARK FRANCIS TEARLSpecialist Five · November 17, 1969
- NORMAN EUGENE THOMASAirman First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID TORRESSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- JULIUS ZAPOROZECSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
From Seminole
- CHARLES EDWARD OLIVERPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID BRASIERSergeant · July 14, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE TRACYStaff Sergeant · September 18, 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.