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MICHAEL WILLIAM KENTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – October 30, 1967
Service recordMichael William Kenter, of Effingham, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 100
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Effingham, Illinois (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 100
- JAMES HARRELL BENNETT JRCaptain · October 30, 1967
- KENNETH GREGORY HANSONSergeant · October 30, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY HESSMANSeaman · October 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MULDROWStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE AMOSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 99
- KENNETH GREGORY HANSONSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 100
- JAMES HOWARD TOMLINSON SRPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 101
From Effingham
- ALLEN MACY BEALSLance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- LARRY GEORGE MANUELPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.