Inscribed
National September 11 Memorial South Pool · Panel S-29 Kenneth Tietjen
Police Officer
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Police Officer
In memory of
Kenneth Francis Tietjen
1970 – 2001 Today would have been the birthday. A white rose is at the name.
- Born in
- Teaneck, New Jersey
- Killed that day
- September 11, 2001, aged 31
- Lived in
- Matawan, New Jersey
- Worked
- Police Officer, PATH Command, Port Authority Police Department
- Held on
- September 11, 2001 · The World Trade Center
Police Officer Kenneth Tietjen was killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while attempting to rescue the victims trapped in the World Trade Center.
Officer Tietjen was killed when the first tower collapsed after he reentered it to rescue victims.
Officer Tietjen had served with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for eight years. He received commendations for subduing subjects who had stabbed law enforcement officers in separate incidents.
Survived by
He was survived by his parents, two sisters, and fiancee.
← S-28 · South Pool · Panel S-29 · S-30 → the bronze itself
Died together
PATH Command, Port Authority Police · 6 lost together
What people have said 1
You are not just a name on a list to me. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
S. Vincent Anthony 11 September 2026