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KENNETH JOSEPH PITRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – June 7, 1969
Service recordKenneth Joseph Pitre, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 105
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh 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 23W, Line 105
- DAVID ALAN PATTONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS PAULINLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL PONTIERESpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- RONALD HARRY PORTERPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOE BREDENKAMPPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 96
- ALF EDWARD ERIKSENPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 97
- DENNIS ANTHONY IASELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 101
- THOMAS PAUL LANDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 102
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.