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KENNETH WAYNE TODD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – January 1, 1970
Service recordKenneth Wayne Todd, of Brodhead, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 116
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Brodhead, Kentucky (Rockcastle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 116
- DONALD ALBERT SUDBRINKSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- ROBERT GLENN WARRENSergeant · January 1, 1970
- JAMES OSMOND WATSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · January 1, 1970
- DUANE GREGORY WILLIAMSPrivate · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GLENN WARRENSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 116
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.