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KENNETH JACOB ARENT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1944 – November 2, 1967
Service recordKenneth Jacob Arent, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 8
- DAVID ALEXANDER WOODSSergeant First Class · November 1, 1967
- WILLET RANKIN AMENDOLACorporal · November 2, 1967
- BOBBY LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- STEPHANO JAMES FIDUCIOSOPrivate · November 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 9
- MELVIN EUGENE FOADPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 9
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.