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KENNETH EDWARD HUME
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
July 22, 1931 – March 29, 1965
Service recordKenneth Edward Hume, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 29, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 154 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- July 22, 1931
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1965. In March 1965, 22 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 98
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- MANOLITO WISCO CASTILLOPetty Officer Second Class · March 30, 1965
- WENDELL THEO ELIASONFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MAGELFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1965
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- MATTHEWS SHELTONPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.