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KENNY LAWRENCE COLTER
Private · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – February 16, 1968
Service recordKenny Lawrence Colter, of New York, New York, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 58
- KEITH DAVID ED WILL COONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- STEVEN ERIC EMRICKLance Corporal · February 16, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR FEEMANPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 60
- PAUL MICHAEL ASHSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 61
- JEROME RICHARD KELLYSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 62
- ADOLFO LUNASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 63
- ROGER DALE PYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 65
- JOSEPH VICTOR SPELLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 67
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.