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KENNETH JOHN FORET
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – December 6, 1967
Service recordKenneth John Foret, of Raceland, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Raceland, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 46
- MICHAEL DAVID BYLINOWSKILance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GUY MARVIN FINLEYMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- GARY GORDON HAHNSergeant · December 6, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE HARPPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERIC WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 48
- PATRICK T SASSEPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 53
From Raceland
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · May 31, 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.