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KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOW
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1950 – March 10, 1970
Service recordKenneth Edwin Wedlow, of Compton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 108
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 108
- ROBERT MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · March 10, 1970
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · March 10, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY STRUSSLance Corporal · March 10, 1970
- ALEX VICTOR VARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 103
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STUART BASSETT LAMKINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 105
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 107
- GEORGE THOMAS SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.