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KENNETH EDWARD VANHOY
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 17, 1942 – May 17, 1969
Service recordKenneth Edward Vanhoy, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 17, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 35
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Born
- January 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 35
- EARL RALPH TURNER JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- RAYMOND CHARLES WOODPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES ADAMSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 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.