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KENNETH WALTER DUSART
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1947 – October 19, 1968
Service recordKenneth Walter Dusart, of Camillus, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Camillus, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE COTTMANCaptain · October 19, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD DEHNERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- RONALD LOUIS DOOLITTLESpecialist Five · October 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS EALEYSergeant · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 5
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.