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KENNITH MARION SEWARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – May 27, 1969
Service recordKennith Marion Seward, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 3
- GAIL GENE SANDERSONPrivate · May 27, 1969
- ISAAC SAPPPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SEIGLECorporal · May 27, 1969
- CONRAD ANDREW SOVASergeant · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY CARTER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 24W, Line 115
- GARY CARL FASSELCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 116
- JAMES PATRICK FRANCISStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 117
- KEITH EDWARD GIBSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- GAREY LEE GRUBBSCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 117
- MATTHEW T LOZANO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 2
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Greeley
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKERHospitalman · August 31, 1966
- LAVERNE WALKERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 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.