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KENNETH RAYMOND MENGEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordKenneth Raymond Mengel, of St Cloud, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SVC BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY II FF
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- St Cloud, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “SVC BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 2
- LEONARD MARK MILLSLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- JIMMY CHARLES NEWFIELDLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS ODONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CARROLL HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 32
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.