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KENT L AMERINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1943 – August 2, 1966
Service recordKent L Amerine, of Great Bend, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 96
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Great Bend, Kansas (Barton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 96
- JOSE A RIVERAPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- LARRY KENNETH BARNERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY KENNETH BARNERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 96
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 96
- GLASCO JUNIOR FRYARSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- DALE HENRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARLIN HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 97
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 98
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HIRAM J KNIGHTON JRSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- EARL MELTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 99
- WILEY LAVELL PHILLIPSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DANNY DEAN PRINCESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 101
- FRED ROMAN SAIZSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 101
- EDWARD MICHAEL SIEBENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
- GERALD F TRITTSCHUHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 101
From Great Bend
- EDWARD LLOYD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 2, 1968
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.