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KENNETH WAYNE TATE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – September 9, 1967
Service recordKenneth Wayne Tate, of Benton, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 40
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Benton, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 40
- GUADALUPE MASIAS ALVAREZLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- JOSEPH BOYD SUMPTERPrivate First Class · September 9, 1967
- JAMES LEE TWEEDSergeant · September 9, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD F P WENDEROTHPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 41
From Benton
- LARRY JAMES GAMMONSpecialist Four · May 18, 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.