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KENNETH JAMES CANTWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – July 16, 1968
Service recordKenneth James Cantwell, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1968; four of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 38
- GARY WAYNE BALLSpecialist Four · July 16, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY BANKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- HAROLD E BOWMANSergeant · July 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD E BOWMANSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 38
- PAUL RICHARD FUSCOSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 39
- CHARLES WESLEY SRADER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 40
- RAYMOND EARL WRIGHTCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 40
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 1968
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.