Kenneth N. Good
Kenneth Newlon Good was a U.S. Army officer who served as an advisor during the Vietnam War. He was killed at the Battle of Ap Bac. He was an assistant professor of military science and a University of Hawaii ROTC instructor. He was the third Hawaiian to be killed during the Vietnam War.
Life
Good was born on November 30, 1930, in Hollywood, California. He attended South [Pasadena High School]. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1952. He qualified as a paratrooper and graduated from Fort Benning's Infantry Officer's Advance Course. He served with the 7th [Infantry Division (United States)|7th Infantry Division] in Korea from 1958 to 1959 and served in Japan.He arrived in South Vietnam on July 31, 1962, attached to the MAAG. He was killed in action at the battle of Ap Bac by Viet Cong gunfire. He was killed with two other Americans at the battle of Ap Bac: Donald Leon Braman and William Leander Deal.
He is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. He is honored at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on Panel 1E, Line 15.