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KENNETH EUGENE KASA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 7, 1935 – April 19, 1967
Service recordKenneth Eugene Kasa, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 49
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- October 7, 1935
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 49
- CHARLES EDWARD HAWKLance Corporal · April 19, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- GREGORY LAWRENCE MARTINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTSPrivate · January 20, 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.