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ERNEST CLANEY KERR JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 21, 1946 – March 26, 1968
Service recordErnest Claney Kerr JR, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 363 MAG 36 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 46E, Line 36
- KENNETH KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ALAN SPENCE KOHNSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- PHILIP JAMES KREK JRSergeant · March 26, 1968
- WAYNE DALE KRUEGERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
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.