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KENNETH LYLE SPITZER
Private · U.S. Army
March 23, 1948 – August 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth Lyle Spitzer, of San Jose, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 82
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 82
- EUGENE DOMINGUEZ RAMONLance Corporal · August 5, 1967
- LANCE DUNHAM BRUNSONCorporal · August 6, 1967
- EARLE AVON DRAKECaptain · August 6, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.