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JESSE PHILLIP KENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1948 – May 29, 1969
Service recordJesse Phillip Kent, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Engineer Missile Equipment Specialist (62C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 36 ENG BN
- Born
- November 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 15
- ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOODStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
- CRIS HOLLIDAYCorporal · May 29, 1969
- HERMAN LEROY JUDY JRCorporal · May 29, 1969
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.