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KENNETH EARLSTON OLIVER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1948 – August 12, 1970
Service recordKenneth Earlston Oliver, of Rensselaer, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 105
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Shore Fire Control Party Man (0849)
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Rensselaer, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 105
- GARY LEE JENKSLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- CHARLES KAY PUDERBAUGHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1970
- JIMMIE DALE RYALSSpecialist Four · August 12, 1970
- BLAIR H SIMPSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1970
From Rensselaer
- RAYMOND ANTHONY RANELLUCCIPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL KONEVALPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 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.