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KENNETH FRANCIS YBARRA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1947 – November 7, 1968
Service recordKenneth Francis Ybarra, of Gardena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 35
- JERRY LEN PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1968
- JAMES TUCKER STOVALLSecond Lieutenant · November 7, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- CRAIG LESLIE WALTONSergeant · November 7, 1968
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 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.