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KENNETH LEE CRIST
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
December 2, 1937 – April 1, 1968
Service recordKenneth Lee Crist, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 1, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 2, 1937
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 31
- WILLIAM STANLEY CUTTINGPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- LARRY EUEL DARDENLance Corporal · April 1, 1968
- ALEJANDRO DEJESUS-MUNOZSergeant First Class · April 1, 1968
- GEORGE ARTHUR FISCHERCaptain · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE BURNSIDEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 47E, Line 30
- FRANK EDWARD HAND IIILieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 47E, Line 32
- DELMAR LEON LAWRENCEPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 47E, Line 33
- STUART MURRAY MCLELLANLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 47E, Line 35
- DONALD FRANK WOODPetty Officer First Class · Panel 47E, Line 38
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.