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KENNETH DEAN BOSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – February 12, 1970
Service recordKenneth Dean Boston, of Lathrop, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 129
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Lathrop, Missouri (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 129
- LAWRENCE PERCELL WALKERSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
- DARRELL GENE ALLISONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1970
- PERCILL BATTSLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- ROBERT SAMUEL BRADSHAW IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL GIBBONSCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 131
- ROBERT LEE WALKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 4
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.