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KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – September 5, 1970
Service recordKenneth Stanley Gniewek, of East Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- East Detroit, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 38
- OTIS EUGENE PLANTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD QUICKStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 1970
- RODNEY EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · September 4, 1970
From East Detroit
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.