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KENNETH LEE HARGRAVE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1941 – February 15, 1967
Service recordKenneth Lee Hargrave, of Dayton, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 33
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Dayton, Texas (Liberty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Chuong Thien Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 33
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN CARVERPlatoon Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONALD STEVEN LOWERYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
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.