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KENNETH WAYNE FIELDS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 15, 1947 – September 11, 1969
Service recordKenneth Wayne Fields, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 68
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 1969
- DALE STEVEN FULKSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
- JOHN PHILIP GOGGINSecond Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- TILLMAN DAVID RODGERS JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 66
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 67
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 70
- ALFREDO PACOLBASergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 71
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
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.