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KENNETH LEE CASWELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 4, 1948 – November 12, 1969
Service recordKenneth Lee Caswell, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 62
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn Heights, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 62
- D C CARTERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- DANIEL CARTER JRPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- GUMESINDO DELA ROSASpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- JEROME HIGGINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ALDRICHFirst Lieutenant · December 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH PAUL BARKLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 61
- GUMESINDO DELA ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 62
- ROBERT PATRICK GALLAGHERCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 63
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 65
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 65
- LARRY CLARENCE MOSHERSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 66
- WILLIAM MCGREGOR PIERPONTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 66
- MARK RICHARD ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 67
- DENNIS WAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 67
- BRUCE ELLIOT WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 68
From Dearborn Heights
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · October 27, 1967
- GERALD ALEXANDER TUCKERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GLENN OWEN HELKAPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- FREDDY PAUL HEUGELSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
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.