Rank: Sergeant
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 22-Sep-1947
Hometown: Camillus, New York
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 23-Jun-1967
Start of tour: 14-Dec-1967
Incident date: 19-Oct-1968
Date of casualty: 19-Oct-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Misadventure.
Kenneth Walter Dusart died from wound received while returning to friendly perimeter when mistaken for a hostile force. / (Individual transported to 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, where he expired.)
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Francis Xavier Cemetery, Marcellus, New York, USA
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