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KENNETH FRANCIS DUPONT
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – January 8, 1969
Service recordKenneth Francis Dupont, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 54
- GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- ALAN CLARK GILLESFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- ALLAN BRUCE HILLCorporal · January 8, 1969
- NORMAN FRANKLIN RIDLEYAirman Apprentice · January 8, 1969
- JON PATRICK ROCHEWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN BRUCE HILLCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 54
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.