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KENNETH HARVEY DELP
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordKenneth Harvey Delp, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 134
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
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 134
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL LINESPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL OLSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 1966
- EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOE CABALLEROCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 44
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.