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KENNETH LLOYD FETTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1947 – February 20, 1968
Service recordKenneth Lloyd Fetter, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 38
- JOE MIKEL COPELANDLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
- RAY D CROPPERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- ALEXANDER FEDOROFFStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 35
- RAY D CROPPERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 38
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 39
- STEPHEN MICHAEL HANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- DONALD LEE HERNDONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 40
- JOSE BABAUTA HERRERAPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JEFFREY LYNN HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 41
- DANIEL HOLCOMBStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 41
- JIMMIE DOUGLAS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 42
- GUY EUGENE LEESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 43
- DONALD JAMES LOZANOPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 43
- MARVIN LEO MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 44
- GALEN ERICK OHLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 45
- ALFRED RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 45
- DAVID LLOYD MOREHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- MICHAEL W PICARDSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 47
- DARRYL WARREN A POINTERCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 47
- ARNOLD W PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 47
- PAUL RICHARD URBAN JRCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 48
- WALTER EARL VONDERCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 49
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 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.