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KENNETH EUGENE LOCKHART
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1943 – May 18, 1969
Service recordKenneth Eugene Lockhart, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 7 BN 9 ARTY
- Born
- June 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 44
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · May 18, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH LASKOWSKISpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- BIRDEN JEROME LAWSONCorporal · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS DELANO LIPSCOMBFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANK DYKESLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
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.