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KENNETH WILLIAM COWSERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1950 – March 10, 1970
Service recordKenneth William Cowsert, of Pacific, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 103
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Pacific, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 103
- THOMAS WILLIAM DEANStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT DONALDSONFirst Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- LARRY WADE DUKESergeant · March 10, 1970
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
From Pacific
- BERTMANN EARL MILLERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- ANTHONY KNOLLPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.