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KENNETH EUGENE WHITMER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1947 – March 24, 1970
Service recordKenneth Eugene Whitmer, of Somerset, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Somerset, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 41
- WALTER EUGENE ANDREWS JRSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- ERNEST JAMES BROWNFireman · March 25, 1970
- ROBERT L CHAVEZChief Petty Officer · March 25, 1970
- FLOYD BURNETT COATESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
From Somerset
- RICHARD WAYNE HOUSEHOLDERStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1969
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.