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KENNETH FRANCIS SCHWAGEL
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 18, 1946 – August 18, 1968
Service recordKenneth Francis Schwagel, of Beardsley, Minnesota, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 18, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 47
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Beardsley, Minnesota (Big Stone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 47
- BRUCE WILLIAM POULSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD REFFPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- BILLY DUANE ROYPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- JOHN SANEDALance Corporal · August 18, 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.