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KENNETH EDWARD MESSENGER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
December 1, 1940 – May 5, 1968
Service recordKenneth Edward Messenger, of Wantagh, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 23
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Wantagh, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 23
- LLOYD LOCKETTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- DONALD LEWIS MERRYCaptain · May 5, 1968
- DONALD RAY MOCKPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL MOMCILOVICH JRCaptain · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN THOMAS FEYSpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 12
- JEROME EDWARD JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 18
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 55E, Line 21
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 55E, Line 35
- JOSEPH GEORGE WOLFEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 36
From Wantagh
- PARKER DRESSER CRAMERFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1963
- SALVATORE FRANK POLIZZIPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MOLANOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- TERENCE PATRICK JORDANLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT FRESEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- THOMAS JEROME CASEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 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.