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KENNETH ROBERT SAWYER
Captain · U.S. Army
September 1, 1942 – February 12, 1969
Service recordKenneth Robert Sawyer, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 24
- RUBEN ANGUIANOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- DANA RANDOLPH BARKERFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID BENIENCaptain · February 13, 1969
- JAMES BRANCHSergeant First Class · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 23
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · 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.