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ARDEN ELLSWORTH KERSEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1949 – June 13, 1970
Service recordArden Ellsworth Kersey JR, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 51
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 51
- FRANKLIN JOSHUA KRANTZ JRCorporal · June 13, 1970
- DENNIS CARL MILLERSergeant · June 13, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1970
- RONALD CURTIS MORGANCorporal · June 13, 1970
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
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.