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KENNETH EUGENE NOLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – June 23, 1968
Service recordKenneth Eugene Noland, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 22
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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
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 22
- RUPERTO MEDINA-GONZALEZCorporal · June 23, 1968
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · June 23, 1968
- DAVID LEE POWELLLance Corporal · June 23, 1968
- RICHARD LEE RUSSELLCaptain · June 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS GEORGE HEILFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55W, Line 21
- RUPERTO MEDINA-GONZALEZCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 22
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 22
- GEORGE DON SCHILLINGSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 23
- DAVID SMITH IISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 24
- CLETUS DALE TUTTLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 24
- JAMES B WASHINGTONPrivate · Panel 55W, Line 24
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.