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KENNETH EMERY VERRETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – March 31, 1969
Service recordKenneth Emery Verrett, of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Sault Ste Marie, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 100
- EDWARD JOSEPH FRENDLINGSpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- GARY LYNN PACESergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SALAMONESpecialist Four · March 31, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST SHAWPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · Panel 28W, Line 99
From Sault Ste Marie
- HARRISON BRUCE BALLSergeant · September 18, 1967
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
- HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUXSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES POLISKISpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- RONALD REE SOMESSpecialist Four · May 3, 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.