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DONALD E KENTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordDonald E Kenton, of Dover, Delaware, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 23
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Dover, Delaware (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 23
- HOOD HAL HUNTPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ANDREW JACKSONLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- GARY LEE JATICHSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- LARRY SCOTT KENNEDYCorporal · March 6, 1968
From Dover
- GEORGE WARREN CRIPPSSpecialist Four · January 13, 1966
- EDWIN HAROLD SORNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- HAROLD WILLIAM HADDICKChief Master Sergeant · August 22, 1967
- NOLAN REED RAYSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- TOBY ERNEST COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 11, 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.