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KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1947 – February 26, 1969
Service recordKenneth Anthony Lavine JR, of East Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 69
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- East Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31W, Line 69
- LARRY CHARLES KOSKISpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- CHARLES JOHN KURTZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- DONALD CHESTER LEBLONDStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- WARREN G H LIZOTTE JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
From East Hartford
- GERALD HILAND STEWARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- ALLEN JAYSON ROYLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- DONALD MORRIS WILLEYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT LAFONDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN PALOWSKISergeant · August 3, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES RIGGSPrivate First Class · January 24, 1969
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1969
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.