Timeline
Birth- 24/01/1940
Category
White
Occupation
Navy Photograher
Place of Residence
Detroit, MI
Gender
Male
Vietnam War Service: Casaulty Date
11/01/1968
Vietnam War Service: Firt Unit
Reconnaissance Squadron 61
Vietnam War Service: NEC
Photographer's Mate
Vietnam War Service: Final Mission
Sensor Seeding
Vietnam War Service: Aircraft
Lockheed OP-2E Neptune "Crew 2"
Vietnam War Service: Final Unit
Observation Squadron 67
Vietnam War Service: Decorations
Air Medal & Purple Heart
Vietnam War Service: Deployment
1965
Vietnam War Service: Base
Nakhon Phantom Airfield, Nakhon, Thialand
Military Service
Enlistment
1957
Branch
United States Navy
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Finding of Death
23/02/1968
NEC
Photo Systems Technician
Rank
Photographer's Mate Petty Officer Second Class
Age at Death
27
Service #
5215801
Served For
United States of America
Casualty- 11/01/1968
Death- 11/01/1968
Khammouane Province, Laos
Hostile, Died While Missing; Air Loss - Land Crash
Jan 1968
Burial- 18/06/2003
Arlington National Cemetery
Other Facts
Social Security
Social Security Number
***-**-3239
Full Name
Kenneth Harry Widon
Also known as
Ken
Mother
Mary Gerigk
Father
Henry Widon
Full Name
Kenneth Widon