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KENNETH EDWARD PENNINGTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1943 – September 24, 1969
Service recordKenneth Edward Pennington, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 3
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- September 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 3
- JOHN LEE BURTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- FREDERICK RALPH CLARKPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- GREGG LAWRENCE COCHRANEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- MICHAEL COLLINSSpecialist Four · September 24, 1969
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
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.