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KENNETH MICHAEL KARDASH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordKenneth Michael Kardash, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 30
- LAWRENCE RANDOLPH BULLENFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- BRUCE THOMAS KENNEDYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- FRANCIS JOSEPH LEBLANCSpecialist Four · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 29
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 29
- CRAIG ARTHUR RICHSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 32
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
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.