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KENNETH RAY LANCASTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1946 – January 3, 1968
Service recordKenneth Ray Lancaster, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 3, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 3, 1968
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 29
- RICHARD LEE HATCHLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 1968
- MORRIS BLAINE JONESSergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS PHILIP MOOREPetty Officer Second Class · January 3, 1968
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD CLIFTON SMITHCorporal · April 6, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
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.