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KENNETH EUGENE HELEMS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1939 – April 29, 1966
Service recordKenneth Eugene Helems, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 93 MACV
- Born
- July 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 9
- JAMES EARL CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 29, 1966
- DAVID DEE GUMMERESergeant · April 29, 1966
- DARYL LEE KADOUSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KNUTHFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 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.