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KENNETH POLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1941 – November 21, 1965
Service recordKenneth Poling, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Hawk Missile Crewmember (16D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 105
- BILLY JOE WILSONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1965
- OSCAR EDMOND COOPERPrivate First Class · November 21, 1965
- WILLIE FRANCIS JRLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- WALTER CHARLES MILLERLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.