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KENNETH LAWRENCE NEAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1940 – March 24, 1968
Service recordKenneth Lawrence Neal, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 10, 1940
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 9
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- MICHAL ALVIN MERKELFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ERIC BJARNE NILSENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKIE LEE FARROWPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 4
- ALBERT FRANCIS HEUSEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 7
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.