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KENTON ELWOOD HENNINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1947 – March 7, 1969
Service recordKenton Elwood Henninger, of North Olmsted, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 63
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1947
- Home of record
- North Olmsted, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 63
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- MICHAEL GEORGE BROWNFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 1969
- MARION MCCLAIN BURKEPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- EDWARD DUTYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ORANGE GOODINGSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 64
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 65
- ROGER JAMES MAZALSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN HAYDEN WESTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 67
- JOHN ASDRUBAL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 69
- ROGER JAMES SPENCESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 70
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 70
From North Olmsted
- THOMAS EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE GRAFFCorporal · April 30, 1967
- GARY ALLAN FARLOWLance Corporal · May 12, 1967
- DENIS MICHAEL CHMELLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH ZISKOCorporal · August 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.