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KENNETH LEON DELANEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1948 – February 14, 1970
Service recordKenneth Leon Delaney, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 8
- JERROLD BERNELL DAYCorporal · February 14, 1970
- JOSEPH WILLIE DUNCANSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · February 14, 1970
- GARY LEE GIOVANNELLISeaman · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD GEORGE NEUBAUERCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 11
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.