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KENNETH CLIFFORD NOKES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – September 27, 1970
Service recordKenneth Clifford Nokes, of Vista, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 96
- EUGENE BEAN JRSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- PHILLIP HAROLD JACOBSCaptain · September 27, 1970
- STEVEN HAROLD KRUPKINCorporal · September 27, 1970
- DAVID WEBSTER MACLURGSpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 95
- STANLEY ARTHUR GOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 95
- ROBERT OREN HILL JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 7W, Line 95
- DAVID WEBSTER MACLURGSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 96
- JEFFREY MERLE WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 97
From Vista
- JOHN WALLACE TUNNELLLieutenant Commander · June 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS HOLMAN BUTTERFIELDCaptain · June 5, 1967
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JAMES OSCAR HALL JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- KAYLE DEAN HENDERSONSergeant · July 6, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM FELKNERSergeant · January 11, 1970
- KIRK LESLIE RAUCHSpecialist Four · August 3, 1970
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.