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KENNETH EDWARD KIDD
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
December 17, 1927 – June 5, 1968
Service recordKenneth Edward Kidd, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 19
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHD 89 MP GRP
- Born
- December 17, 1927
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 19
- GEORGE LOUIS KING JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- JOSEPH KLEINCorporal · June 5, 1968
- JOSEPH WALTER LYONSCorporal · June 5, 1968
- LARRY DWIGHT MAGGARDSergeant · June 5, 1968
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.