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STEPHEN MICHAEL KENOFFEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – April 2, 1970
Service recordStephen Michael Kenoffel, of Glendale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 81
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- DALE ANDRE GRONSKYSpecialist Four · April 2, 1970
- KENNETH RAY HAWLEYSergeant · April 2, 1970
- MELVYN HAMANA KALILIStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH WROBELStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 86
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
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.