Rank: Private First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 10-Jun-1950
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Apr-1969
Start of tour: 27-Jan-1970
Incident date: 17-Apr-1970
Date of casualty: 22-Apr-1970
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Burns/Smoke Inhalation. Burns.
Kenneth Eugene Aznoe was a driver of Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance mission. Vehicle detonated hostile mine and caught fire. Admitted to 93d Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, on 17 Apr 1970 at 0915 hrs, placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list on 17 Apr 1970 at 1500 hrs, and expired on 22 Apr 1970. / Individual died as a result of wounds received while driver of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a mine detonated. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 882 386
Place of interment: East Lawn Elk Grove Memorial Park, Elk Grove, California, USA
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