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KENNETH JAY SORENSEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – August 10, 1970
Service recordKenneth Jay Sorensen, of Lehi, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 101
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Lehi, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 101
- DWAINE ELBYRNE MATTOXCaptain · August 10, 1970
- RICHARD WESLEY MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1970
- BERNARD FRANCIS MORRILLTechnical Sergeant · August 10, 1970
- JAMES DENNIS BRADLESpecialist Five · August 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE WHITMORECaptain · Panel 8W, Line 102
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.