The Wall › Panel 10E › Michigan › Kenneth Peter Tierney
KENNETH PETER TIERNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1945 – August 23, 1966
Service recordKenneth Peter Tierney, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 32
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- February 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 32
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DENNIS WELDON WELLMANNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.