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KENNETH GAGE HAVENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – October 21, 1969
Service recordKenneth Gage Havens, of Oneida, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Oneida, New York (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 101
- JOHN LEE ESPENSHIEDColonel · March 10, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD GOLEMON JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
- STEPHEN MARTIN WELCHPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEVIN OAKLEY FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 104
From Oneida
- GEORGE HAROLD NORTONCaptain · August 13, 1965
- PHILIP CHARLES CRAIGCommander · July 4, 1967
- PHILLIP WILLARD LESLIELance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY PORTERSergeant · June 2, 1970
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.