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KENNETH DUANE PHARES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1948 – May 18, 1967
Service recordKenneth Duane Phares, of Astoria, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Astoria, Oregon (Clatsop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 34
- JOHN JOSEPH NEMCHIK JRLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD RANALLO JRSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL RANDALLPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- CHARLES OSCAR REEDPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
From Astoria
- ALAN LYNN BARNETTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- DAN THOMAS KLINDTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL EDWARD LLOYDCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD JEROME HOLMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1969
- PATRICK A CADWALLADERSpecialist Five · December 20, 1969
- RONALD STANLEY ANDERSONAirman First Class · March 23, 1972
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.