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KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – May 27, 1968
Service recordKenneth Raymond Hellman, of San Mateo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 9
- FRANCIS JOE HEFNERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- LEE EDWARD HIMEBAUGHCorporal · May 27, 1968
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY JAMES BURKHARDTPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 5
- MICHAEL JAMES FALLONCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 7
- FRANCIS JOE HEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 9
- VERNELL HENRY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 65W, Line 11
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 3
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.