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KENNETH RICHARD KIENER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1949 – November 28, 1969
Service recordKenneth Richard Kiener, of Woodside, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 1
- DENNIS ANTHONY GREELEYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
- DANIEL THOMAS HUNTSergeant · November 28, 1969
- MARSHALL PERNELL IVEYMaster Sergeant · November 28, 1969
- ROBERT BOZO KOSTICH JRSergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL EARLY DEAN JRCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 130
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 130
- DENNIS ANTHONY GREELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 1
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 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.