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KENNETH ROY FARDEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – September 16, 1968
Service recordKenneth Roy Farden, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 4
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 4
- PERRY DIBERARDINOCorporal · September 16, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN DONOHUEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- JAMES CLAUDE DURHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND ENGLERTSergeant · September 16, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.