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KENNETH SAMUEL DEE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – March 3, 1970
Service recordKenneth Samuel Dee, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 77
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 77
- LARRY DUANE ARONHALTPrivate First Class · March 3, 1970
- PAUL DOUGLAS BRUMMETSpecialist Four · March 3, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD BURTON JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 3, 1970
- ANTHONY GOLSONCorporal · March 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DEAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 78
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.