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KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1943 – October 20, 1970
Service recordKenneth Martin Schlie, of Vienna, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 13
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Vienna, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS STEWART MCGARRYPetty Officer Third Class · October 20, 1970
- FLOYD ABNER SCHLIEWESpecialist Four · October 20, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD CORNELL GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 11
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 12
- RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALLSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 12
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 13
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 14
From Vienna
- HARVEY MCKEE CARKINSergeant · February 15, 1967
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 3, 1968
- WILLIAM MCNAMARA LEVENDISCorporal · May 25, 1968
- WILLARD FLOYD PROCHASKALance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- LORENZO RAYNARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WELBY HERBERT GRAYSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- DONALD R MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1969
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1972
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.