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KENNETH JOE AUSTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 27, 1951 – March 12, 1970
Service recordKenneth Joe Auston, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 115
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 27, 1951
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 115
- GERALD THOMAS ATKINSONSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- LESTER VINCENT CAFIERO JRCorporal · March 12, 1970
- CHARLES HENRY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GERALD THOMAS ATKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 115
- WILLIAM T MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 119
- RAYMOND WILSON TEALStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 121
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 121
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- KEITH LLOYD BENSONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
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.