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KENNETH HAYES MCLENDON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1950 – January 2, 1970
Service recordKenneth Hayes McLendon, of Dripping Springs, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 120
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Dripping Springs, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 120
- BARNEY MCCOY SMITHPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- DALLAS RAY SNODGRASSCorporal · January 2, 1970
- EDDIE LEE SPIVEYSergeant First Class · January 2, 1970
- WILLIE B WALKER JRLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
From Dripping Springs
- BOBBY LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · August 24, 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.