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KENT EUGENE BAHNSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – November 21, 1967
Service recordKent Eugene Bahnsen, of Grant, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 53
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Grant, Nebraska (Perkins County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 53
- WILLARD THURMAN BATEMANSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALEXIS BEAUBIENSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1967
- DAVID RAWSON BLACKMAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD THURMAN BATEMANSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 53
- DAVID RAWSON BLACKMAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 53
- GARY MAURICE BRIXENStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 54
- RODGER KENNETH CAINSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 54
- DAVID LEE EATONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 54
- NORMAN ROBERT GOBLESpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 55
- DAVID ELSON HOMMELSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 56
- FLOYD ALLAN HYDERCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 56
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 59
From Grant
- CARL EUGENE BARNETTCorporal · April 1, 1970
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.