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KENNETH EDWARD ALESHIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1948 – February 27, 1968
Service recordKenneth Edward Aleshire, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 47
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 47
- RAMIRO ALVARADOSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
- KENNETH SOARES ANDRADEPlatoon Sergeant · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD REED BALLANTINEPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE BEAMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 49
- LOUIS HENRY MCFARLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 52
- WILLIAM WAKEFIELD ROUSHMajor · Panel 41E, Line 54
- MITCHELL FRANCIS SEKSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 54
- THEODORE ARTHUR STAMPFLIPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 55
- CORNELIUS WILLIAM STRASSNERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 55
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.