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KENNETH EUGENE SARGENT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1936 – November 20, 1965
Service recordKenneth Eugene Sargent, of Auburn, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1936
- Home of record
- Auburn, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 104
- IVAN NOTEBOOMSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- DONALD HAROLD PERRICHONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 102
- JOHN PATRICK EMERLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 103
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 103
- RONALD PETER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 103
- IVAN NOTEBOOMSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
- WILLIAM JOHN TAYLOR IIISpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
- BILLY JOE WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 105
From Auburn
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RONALD LEE STROOMERPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWIN LINDERMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
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.