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KENNETH EARL ENFINGER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1940 – June 8, 1969
Service recordKenneth Earl Enfinger, of Ozark, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 109
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Ozark, Alabama (Dale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 109
- DON LAVERNE BARTLEYLieutenant Colonel · June 8, 1969
- DAVID LYNN BELLLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- PAUL MADISON BOWLINLance Corporal · June 8, 1969
- DAVID ALAN BROWNSergeant · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN RAY FLEITMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 110
- CARL JOHN KEAHEY IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 111
From Ozark
- DONALD EUGENE LISENBYSergeant First Class · August 20, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOHN HERMAN IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 7, 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.