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KENNETH WALTER GONDER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1947 – May 19, 1970
Service recordKenneth Walter Gonder, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 3, 1947
- Home of record
- New Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 64
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · May 19, 1970
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · May 19, 1970
- FLOYD EDWARD FULLER JRCorporal · May 19, 1970
- RICHARD LEE HERRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE COONSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 64
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 64
- BOBBY JOE LEMONSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 65
- LARRY JAMES RIGNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 66
From New Brunswick
- NED RAYMOND HERROLDCaptain · May 31, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH ANASIEWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ANTHONY CHARLES COFFAROPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR SKILESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- RICHARD TREMBLAYLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- JAMES MINES JRCorporal · April 30, 1967
- FRANKIE ZOLY MOLNARStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOHN ALFONSOLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- MARION MARSHALL HOPKINSCorporal · October 4, 1967
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.