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KENNETH EDWARD KUSPIEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordKenneth Edward Kuspiel, of Clark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Clark, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 53
- GENE LUTHER KEAHIPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- NORTON ZIGMUND KINGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELYVIN LAVERNE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 46
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 49
- FRANK ALBERT PAPESpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 58
- ARTHUR GEORGE WILL WOLTERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 63
From Clark
- RICHARD DANNER HARTMANCommander · July 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SEVELLCaptain · February 28, 1968
- JOHN WINTERSLance Corporal · May 25, 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.