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KENNETH JAMES HELSTROM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1947 – November 7, 1967
Service recordKenneth James Helstrom, of Geneva, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Geneva, New York (Ontario County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 40
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- LEE ARTICE DIXONLance Corporal · November 7, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ENSELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HENDRICKSFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1967
From Geneva
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · September 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDGAR WUERTENBERGERCaptain · January 17, 1968
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- ROBERT DONALD SHERADINPrivate First Class · December 27, 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.