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KENNETH DILLARD KREHBIEL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 20, 1939 – October 19, 1967
Service recordKenneth Dillard Krehbiel, of Mcpherson, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 19, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 40
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Mcpherson, Kansas (Mcpherson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 40
- ROBERT LEE FLECKCorporal · October 19, 1967
- BURDETTE DELROY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · October 19, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
From Mcpherson
- ROBERT ELDON TURNERMajor · May 8, 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.