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KENNETH POWERS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 3, 1938 – January 3, 1971
Service recordKenneth Powers, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 23
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- General Supply Technician (761A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1971, 259 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 23
- ROBERT LYNN OLIVERCorporal · January 3, 1971
- DENNIS WILLIAM OMELIAChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 3, 1971
- CARL ANTHONY PALENSpecialist Six · January 3, 1971
- MICHAEL DUANE PARSONSCaptain · January 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE LEE STERNPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 24
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.