Timeline
Birth- 24 Jan 1940
Category
White
Occupation
Navy Photograher
Place of Residence
Detroit, MI
Gender
Male
Vietnam War Service: Casaulty Date
11 Jan 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 Feb 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 Jan 1968
Death- 11 Jan 1968
Khammouane Province, Laos
Hostile, Died While Missing; Air Loss - Land Crash
Jan 1968
Burial- 18 June 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