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KENNETH R BULL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – April 17, 1969
Service recordKenneth R Bull, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 98
- THOMAS WAYNE SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BITTINGER JRCorporal · April 17, 1969
- ROY EVERETT BRIGHTSergeant · April 17, 1969
- JOHN JAMES CORWIN IICorporal · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE JOHN LAUZONPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 101
- WILLIAM HOYT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 103
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.