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ALLEN JOHN KAKUK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1947 – August 9, 1966
Service recordAllen John Kakuk, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 120
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Two Rivers, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 120
- GLENN MARK FRIDDLESpecialist Four · August 9, 1966
- RICHARD TILDON KARGERPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- DENNIS GILBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
From Two Rivers
- THOMAS ALVIN SAGENPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT PAUL RUMINSKILance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES BEHRENSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREFCZYNSKIMaster Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- KARL EDWIN WEBERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.