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KENNETH LYNN MADDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 12, 1946 – October 28, 1966
Service recordKenneth Lynn Maddy, of Magna, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Magna, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 123
- THOMAS LEEK JRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- J C LOVESpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT LEE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER JAMES ACKWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 120
From Magna
- RONALD VICTOR BACCAPrivate · October 30, 1965
- SCOTT BRUCE SALTERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD YEATESLance Corporal · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT CLAY VANVLEETPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
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.