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KENNETH ROBERT TRIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 27, 1946 – January 25, 1968
Service recordKenneth Robert Trier, of Westbury, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Westbury, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 35
- PETER GARY NASHPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- MITCHELL FRANK SILVERSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JACK B SUTPHENSergeant · January 25, 1968
- NORMAN LEE TINKERSergeant · January 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS GARY GERCZ JRMajor · Panel 35E, Line 32
- MICHAEL STEPHEN ROMANOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 34
From Westbury
- WESTON DAVID MACLEANLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND BENNETTLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS NIXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 1, 1971
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.