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KENNETH JOSEPH KREUTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1946 – June 9, 1969
Service recordKenneth Joseph Kreutz, of Ferguson, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Ferguson, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 3
- TOMMY ROSS LAWSONSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- ALLEN LANUI LEWISPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- HARRY LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ROBERT WESLEY LONGPrivate · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
From Ferguson
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS LIESECorporal · August 29, 1967
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · August 5, 1968
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- BARRY LEIGH GOLDENSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · November 14, 1969
- THOMAS LAMBERT LUBBERSFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
- JERRY ROY MARCOStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- EUGENE RICHARD GUDISWITZLance Corporal · June 18, 1970
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.