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KENNETH MICHAEL FRAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 17, 1948 – March 11, 1969
Service recordKenneth Michael Frain, of Topeka, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Topeka, Indiana (Lagrange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 6
- GEORGE ALLEN DEMBYSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- ROGER EDWARD DENNYSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- MICHAEL DIGENNOLance Corporal · March 11, 1969
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 4
- GEORGE ALLEN DEMBYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 6
- DONALD LEON FOWLERSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- MELVIN GUYTONCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 8
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 13
- GEORGE JULIUS SMITH JRCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 16
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.