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KENNETH RICHARD VOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1952 – March 29, 1972
Service recordKenneth Richard Vos, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1972, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 28, 1952
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1972; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 123
- DAVID PRESTON SHELTONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1972
- ROBERT EUGENE SIMMONSMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
- EDWARD DEWILTON SMITH JRMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
- HOWARD DAVID STEPHENSONLieutenant Colonel · March 29, 1972
Same unit, same day
- LARRY BATTSPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 121
- DENNIS NEWELL PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 122
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · 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.