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KENNETH JOHN NERVIE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1944 – October 5, 1968
Service recordKenneth John Nervie, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương 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 10
- LAWRENCE LOUIS BONACCIPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- CURTIS EUGENE BOOTSSergeant · October 5, 1968
- GREGORY PAUL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1968
- HENRY ELLIS CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ROBERT AJSTERCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 9
- GREGORY PAUL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 10
- JOHN PATRICK OHARASpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 11
- EDWARD BRUCE SPEARSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 16
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.