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KENNETH ESTES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 12, 1939 – April 5, 1969
Service recordKenneth Estes, of Steubenville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Steubenville, Ohio (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 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 27W, Line 17
- JIMMIE LEE FORRESTLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- DAVID HERCLIFF GAMBOA JRSergeant · April 5, 1969
- WILLIAM STANLEY GEARYSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT BROCKCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 15
- LOUIS BROWNCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 15
- DONALD LEO CLINESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 15
- STEVEN JAMES HUBERTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 18
- GEORGE JACKSON HYATTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 18
- BURLEY DARREL KIRACOFECorporal · Panel 27W, Line 19
- STEVEN MICHALSKICorporal · Panel 27W, Line 20
- MICHAEL LEE WERTMANCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 22
From Steubenville
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JOHN R CANIFFSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER BALLPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS FRANCIS MASTROIANNIPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT JONESSergeant · March 28, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- JAMES WARREN ALLEN JRCorporal · November 8, 1967
- HOWARD KEITH WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
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.