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KENNETH WILLIAM MEASELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordKenneth William Measell, of Gaylord, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 25
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
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Gaylord, Michigan (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 25
- ARELINN LEWIS JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN KUHLMAN JRMajor · January 17, 1969
- ROGER LEO LANGFORDSergeant · January 17, 1969
- JAMES DALE LASERPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 21
- JEFFREY DAVID RUPPPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 29
From Gaylord
- ROBERT NEAL BRADLEYCaptain · March 21, 1967
- DONALD GEORGE RESPECKISergeant · April 12, 1969
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.