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KENNETH LEROY STRITTMATER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – March 2, 1969
Service recordKenneth Leroy Strittmater, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 16
- FRANK MESZAR IIICaptain · March 2, 1969
- GORDON LEROY SARGENT JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- HAROLD JOHN SMITHSergeant · March 2, 1969
- JAMES RANDEL TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WALTER KULPASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 14
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.