PENNSYLVANIA, June 30 - (5) Ken was inducted into the Army on March 3, 1966, and

completed basic training and advanced individual training as

an Indirect Fire Infantryman (mortarman) at Fort Benning,

Georgia.

(6) Kenneth received orders to report to Vietnam on

August 19, 1966, and, upon arrival, he was assigned to

Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st

Cavalry Division in Binh Dinh Province.

(7) In October of 1966, Ken's Company A joined other

soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division in Operation Thayer, one

of the largest operations of the war.

(8) On October 17, 1966, Ken and other members of his

company were preparing a field landing zone in the Thua Thien

Province to facilitate additional helicopter traffic into the

area when Private First Class Ivory was struck by an

uncontrolled aircraft, causing his death.

(9) Kenneth's services and interment were conducted at

Saint Monica's Cemetery in Chester Springs.

(10) Kenneth received the following military

commendations: Combat Infantryman Badge, Marksmanship Badge,

National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal,

Vietnam Service Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation,

Vietnam Gallantry Cross and the Army Good Conduct Medal.

(11) Kenneth is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's

Memorial in Washington, DC, with his name inscribed at Panel

11e, Line 82.

(12) Kenneth, by this namesake bridge, is memorialized

on the Eckenrode Mill Road within two miles from the Ivory

farm where Ken and his brother, Wayne, fished, swam and he

taught his wife, Helen, to ice skate.

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