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KENNETH
JACOB ARENT
is honored on Panel 29E, Row 8 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: KENNETH JACOB ARENT
Wall Name: KENNETH J ARENT
Date of Birth: 7/22/1944
Date of Casualty: 11/2/1967
Home of Record: SACRAMENTO
State: CA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: SGT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
MEMORIAL
POSTED AT VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE (www.vvmf.org)
"First Cavalry,
545 MP, Squad Leader, Security Platoon" - Ken was my squad leader,
security platoon, 545th MP Company, LZ TWO-BITS, Bong Son, summer 1967.
A big guy with a great sense of humor. Great memories of squad meetings
when all the guys would talk about their homes and families. I know he
would have had a great future in the Army and his death was a great
loss to all who knew him. When he left the security platoon, he was
re-assigned to our 1st Platoon at LZ Up-Lift. He died in an ambush on
Hwy. 1 south of Up-Lift. He will always be remembered and missed.
Posted
by: Raymond C. Needham, SFC USA Ret.
Monday,
July 28, 2003
FROM
"THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL"
(http://tanaya.net/vmw/A/rec-1313.html)
Let us not
forget Sergeant Kenneth Jacob Arent, casualty of the Vietnam War. As a
member of the Army, SGT Arent served our country until November 2nd,
1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. He was 23 years old and was married.
Kenneth died from small arms fire. His body was recovered. Kenneth was
born on July 22nd, 1944 in Sacramento, California.
SGT Arent
is on panel 29E, line 008 of the Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington
D.C. He served our country for 3 years.
CASUALTY
RECORD FOR KENNETH JACOB ARENT
FROM WWW.NO-QUARTER.ORG
(http://www.no-quarter.org/gui/detail.php?ID=1314)
GENERAL/PERSONAL
Home:
Sacramento, California
Birth Date:
1944-07-22
Sex: Male
Race:
Caucasian
Married/Single:
Married
Religion:
Protestant - No Preference
Citizen:
Yes
MILITARY
Service:
Army
Rank: SGT
Serial
Number: 19800860
Component:
Regular
Grade: E5
MOS: 95B40
Length of
Service: 03
Start of
Tour: 1967-04-27
CASUALTY
Casualty
Date: 1967-11-02
Casualty
Type: Hostile, Died
Reason:
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Air or
Ground: Ground Casualty
Country:
South Vietnam
Province:
Binh Dinh
Posthumous
Promotion: No change
Body
Recovered: Body recovered
Location on
The Wall: Panel 29E - Row 008
RefNo: 8446
Processed
Date: 6711