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KENNETH HORACE BLACKWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – November 12, 1966
Service recordKenneth Horace Blackwell, of Cantonment, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Cantonment, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 59
- RONALD EDWARD BOCOOKPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- TED DEWAINE BROOMFIELDPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP BROWNLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES T ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 58
- RONALD EDWARD BOCOOKPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 59
- LESLIE PAUL DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 60
- THOMAS GEORGE FITZGIBBONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 61
- GEORGE ALLEN FOGARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 61
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 61
- LLOYD J SADOWSKYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 64
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 65
From Cantonment
- RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1966
- JAMES TERRY BEASLEYCorporal · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES MCNACPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- HUBERT CHARLES KNIGHTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES LARRY WARDSergeant · February 7, 1969
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 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.