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KEVIN EDWARD TWEEDLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1949 – February 22, 1969
Service recordKevin Edward Tweedle, of Wharton, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 85
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Wharton, Texas (Wharton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- 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 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 85
- ROBERT WILLIAM TOPHAM JRCorporal · February 22, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN VOSSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- RHENA CHARLES WEBSTERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- RONALD CLIFTON WEEMSSergeant · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN ALLENSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 75
- DALE CHARLES FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 80
- GERALD WRAZENCaptain · Panel 32W, Line 84
From Wharton
- JULIAN MENDEZSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
- JOE L LOVE JRSpecialist Five · November 20, 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.