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KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – January 29, 1968
Service recordKenneth Joseph Grassl, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 60
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- LESTER STEPHEN KINARDSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- ROY DELL MCGEEPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WALTER ASPPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 58
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- GENE LAWRENCE KUVIKStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 61
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN A RICKELSSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 64
From Appleton
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 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.