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KENNETH ANTHONY SEISSER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1945 – July 11, 1965
Service recordKenneth Anthony Seisser, of Gilberts, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Gilberts, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1965
- 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
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 35
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD BLUBAUGHLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
- BRIAN JAMES GAUTHIERCorporal · July 11, 1965
- DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIELance Corporal · July 12, 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.