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KENNETH EDWIN SINGER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – August 23, 1969
Service recordKenneth Edwin Singer, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 104
- JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENASStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1969
- JOHN ROGER ROMOLance Corporal · August 23, 1969
- JIMMY JOE TENORIOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- PHILIP JOHN VEVERASpecialist Four · August 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 102
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.