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KENNETH WAYNE PEASE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – September 16, 1969
Service recordKenneth Wayne Pease, of Hickory, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 97
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Hickory, Kentucky (Graves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 97
- ARTHUR CRAIG FAIRCLOTHChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 16, 1969
- LARRY PYPNIOWSKICorporal · September 16, 1969
- FLORENCIO RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN ROBERTSPrivate · September 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBSON WARD WILLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 99
- WILLARD EUGENE WILSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 99
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.