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KENNETH EUGENE SLATER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1949 – November 1, 1967
Service recordKenneth Eugene Slater, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 6
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
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 6
- FRANK RAY NOESergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- LEO RICHARD SCHOFFSecond Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- STEVEN DWIGHT SEARSPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1967
- RONALD DAVID SHEFFEYLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LYNN BARTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 107
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 1
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 2
- ROBERT WILBUR LARISONCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 4
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 4
- LEWIS MILTON OGLESergeant · Panel 29E, Line 5
- DAVID TUCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 7
- MICHAEL VIEHWEGSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 7
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.