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KENNETH HOWARD LAMBORN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1949 – June 9, 1970
Service recordKenneth Howard Lamborn, of Auburn, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Auburn, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 34
- ELMER LEO KEASLINGCorporal · June 9, 1970
- JERRY WAYNE MCGLOTHLENSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · June 9, 1970
- LOWELL EDWIN MOONSergeant · June 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WAYNE BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 31
From Auburn
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD VICKERS THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- EDWIN ELLIS BLAGDONPrivate First Class · November 1, 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.