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KENNETH WILLIAM JURGENS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – March 18, 1967
Service recordKenneth William Jurgens, of Hopkinton, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Hopkinton, Iowa (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 105
- MYRON THOMAS GODDARDWarrant Officer 1 · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL NEAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- JOHN HENRY WILLISStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD PAIGECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 106
- CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 107
- CHARLIE EARL THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 107
- ROBERT LOUIS WESTFALL JRCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 108
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITMANCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 108
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.