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KENNETH GENE MISNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1950 – April 4, 1969
Service recordKenneth Gene Misner, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 4, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 11
- RONALD DEAN LAYTONFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1969
- TERRILL MICHAEL LISLEPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- DANN JOSEPH LOBKERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- TEDDY CARL LOFTINSergeant · April 4, 1969
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · April 29, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 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.