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KENNETH ALLEN ROE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – November 29, 1967
Service recordKenneth Allen Roe, of River Rouge, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 7
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- River Rouge, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 7
- JAMES ARTHUR SNOOKSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- DANIEL SCOTT STEELEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1967
- CLARENCE JAMES TIFFANYCorporal · November 29, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
From River Rouge
- JOHN HOWARD ROTHPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN BLOMFELTPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- RANDELL BLAKE LITTLECorporal · July 3, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BUCZOLICHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · February 6, 1971
- HOWARD JAMES BOWER JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1971
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.