Kenneth Jack Fletcher
Private First Class
C CO, 2ND BN, 2ND INFANTRY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Quemado, Texas October 20, 1940 to February 06, 1967 KENNETH J FLETCHER is on the Wall at Panel 14E, Line 131 |
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Kenneth was a Monahans, Texas native. He graduated from Monahans High School in 1959 and was working in Quemondo, Texas when he was drafted in 1966 at the age of 25. He trained in infantry. He was killed when the APC he was a passenger in turned over on an incline. He was buried with full military honors. He is remembered by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Midland, Texas. May his sacrifice never be forgotten.
From a PBVVM representative, 13 Apr 2007 Kenneth was a 1959 graduate of Denver City, Texas and not Monahans High School. His family moved to Monahans, Texas. He was a student at Sul Ross State University pursuing a degree in Business Admintration with a minor in Education and would work in Monahans during the summer earning college money. He completed the requirements for his BBA in the spring of 1963 and took a job as a Business teacher at Eagle Pass High School in Eagle Pass, Texas. He lived in a small community of Quemado near Eagle Pass. He also coached the junior high track team. He love to rodeo and he was quite good in several rodeo events. He was drafted at age 25, completed basic training and Infantry AIT at Fort Polk, Louisiana. His father was informed that Kenneth died when the military vehicle he was riding hit a land mine, as quoted in the Odessa American February 16, 1967 shortly after Kenneth's death. An obituary which followed two days later, stated it was a mililtary vehicle accident. The casualty pages shows his death as non-hostile, other accident. There appears to be controversy as to the circumstances of his death. Kenneth is buried in the Monahans, Texas City Cemetery. His parents now lie next to him as do other family members.
From a PBVVM representative, The two pictures of Kenneth J. Fletcher are from the Eagle Pass (Texas) High School's annual, El Cenizo. The business suit photo is from the 1966 yearbook; the uniformed photo from the 1967 annual which was dedicated to Jack Fletcher.
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A Note from The Virtual WallThe casualty database shows that on 06 Feb 1967 six men died in a vehicular accident in Binh Duong Province. While The Virtual Wall cannot demonstrate that all six were involved in the same incident, neither can we discount the possibility. The six were
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