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KENNETH ROY CRIST
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 25, 1944 – December 17, 1968
Service recordKenneth Roy Crist, of Brewster, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 34
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Brewster, Kansas (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 34
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · December 17, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES DREWESCaptain · December 17, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- PHILLIP HENRY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 17, 1968
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.