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KENNETH EDWARD SHRUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1943 – October 15, 1966
Service recordKenneth Edward Shrum, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 78
- CARLOS PIREZ-BERGESSpecialist Four · October 15, 1966
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- WILLIAM J B STONEPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD JAMES COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 76
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 77
- WILLIAM THOMAS LONDONPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 77
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.