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KENNETH GLEN GOODNESS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – August 14, 1969
Service recordKenneth Glen Goodness, of Nekoosa, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 38
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Nekoosa, Wisconsin (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 38
- HERMAN THURSTON FIELDSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- THOMAS LEE FOWLERSergeant · August 14, 1969
- MELVIN LEE GRANTWarrant Officer 1 · August 14, 1969
- JOHN STANLEY HALLPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STANLEY HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 38
- MICHAEL LESTER BRUNDAGESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 39
- RICKEY EUGENE SWANEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 42
From Nekoosa
- RONALD JAMES HAGENMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1969
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.