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KENNETH HENRY VISINTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 6, 1947 – March 29, 1969
Service recordKenneth Henry Visintin, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 87
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 87
- ANTHONY GENE HARNESSSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- WAYNE ROBERT SWANPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- CHARLES CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN WHITESergeant · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS BOARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 78
- DANNY FRANKLIN PERKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 84
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.