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KENNETH EUGENE GREENFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – November 22, 1967
Service recordKenneth Eugene Greenfield, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Martinsburg, West Virginia (Berkeley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 62
- BILLY RAY CUBITPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- MARSHALL FRANKLIN FRENGPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- LEVESTER GRIFFINPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- EDWARD DEAN HANCOCKSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
From Martinsburg
- CHARLIE KENNETH SCATESSpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1967
- JEFFREY STEPHEN HATISONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS BRUMBAUGH JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- KURT WALTER FRANZINGER JRCaptain · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BOWARDPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- JAMES CALVIN MILLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- ROGER DALE COLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 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.