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KENNETH RAY GULLETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – August 26, 1971
Service recordKenneth Ray Gullett, of Richland, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Richland, Oregon (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1971, 116 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 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 2
- BOBBY FRANK LIMERICKSergeant · August 25, 1971
- DANIEL ALLAN BRANCHEAUSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- GEORGE ANTHONY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- RODNEY CECIL HARSCHSeaman · August 26, 1971
From Richland
- JOHN NOBLE HOLCOMBSergeant · December 3, 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.