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KENNETH JOHN MEULEBROECK
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1950 – July 15, 1969
Service recordKenneth John Meulebroeck, of Murdock, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 1
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Murdock, Minnesota (Swift County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 1
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD MCGUIREPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- TEDDY EUGENE MIDDLETONCorporal · July 15, 1969
- DENNIS EARL NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY NEIL EUTSLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 124
- THOMAS EUGENE HEMPELSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 125
- ROBERT HAROLD WOODSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 4
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.