The Wall › Panel 4E › Montana › Kenneth Lee Derheim
KENNETH LEE DERHEIM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1939 – December 19, 1965
Service recordKenneth Lee Derheim, of Billings, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 28
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Billings, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 28
- MICHAEL CLAY HALSTEADCorporal · December 19, 1965
- KENNETH KIPLING HUFFERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- BENNIE ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 19, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 27
- BENNIE ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 28
- NELS WILLIAM SWANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 29
From Billings
- DOUGLAS DUANE KERNSergeant · November 16, 1966
- FRANK GARCIA JRCorporal · August 4, 1967
- JAMES LYNN BURNSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- GREGORY ALLEN GIFFORDPetty Officer Third Class · February 8, 1968
- RALPH LEROY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES GOODHUE BOYERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID PADILLALance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN FREDERICK ASHALLLieutenant Commander · August 29, 1968
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.