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KENNETH LEN SHUFFITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1946 – January 12, 1967
Service recordKenneth Len Shuffitt, of Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 18
- SANDER CHRIS SANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- GUST J SHARLOWSergeant · January 12, 1967
- THOMAS COLLINS SHEAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 14
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 15
From Pleasure Ridge Park
- JAMES ELDRIE MILLIGANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1967
- ROBERT EVERETT ASHHospitalman · July 9, 1968
- GARY HOLDEN SMITHLance Corporal · October 9, 1968
- LEON ANDREW HUNTStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.