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KENNETH RALPH PEDERSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1945 – April 23, 1969
Service recordKenneth Ralph Pedersen, of Brentwood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Brentwood, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 34
- GARY PRESTON NEIMANSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- DENNIS JERROD OLIVERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- DARNELL MILTON PAYNEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- STEPHEN RUSSELL PETERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACK DONALD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 30
- JOHN RAY MIFFLINSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 33
- ROBERT WAYNE MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 33
- STEPHEN LEWIS PLOTKINSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 35
From Brentwood
- ARMANDO VILLAPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- WAYNE AUGUST GOETSCHPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- CHARLES RAY MCCURTAIN JRSergeant · November 12, 1968
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.