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KENNETH HOWARD SILLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 7, 1948 – October 7, 1968
Service recordKenneth Howard Sills, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 27
- JAMES ROBERT SHERWOODPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · October 7, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE VANMETERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AARON FLOYD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 23
- RAMON AGUILAR FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 23
- JOSEPH ELLIS GUENTHERPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 24
- NATHANIEL KELLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 25
- ROY ROBERT KOENIGCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 25
- WALTER GARLAND RICE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 26
- WILLIAM CONRAD SHUMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 27
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.