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KENNETH JAMES HAMRICK
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 14, 1936 – August 14, 1969
Service recordKenneth James Hamrick, of Morgantown, West Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 14, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 39
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Morgantown, West Virginia (Monongalia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 39
- MICHAEL LESTER BRUNDAGESpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- JAMES BORLAND HIEMENZSergeant · August 14, 1969
- HORATIO WILLIAM HURSTONFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES KILWINESergeant · August 14, 1969
From Morgantown
- JAMES HOWARD SAWYERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- WILBERT HERSHELL JOHNSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID ALLAN KOVACLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES CARL THOMASLance Corporal · December 20, 1966
- MAJOR ROY DALTON JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD MESSENGERSergeant · July 15, 1967
- PAUL STEPHEN GOGGINLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT SULLIVAN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · May 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.