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KENNETH JOHN IVORY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – October 17, 1966
Service recordKenneth John Ivory, of Chest Springs, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Chest Springs, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 82
- DAVID ARTHUR GILBERTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM M HUBERTYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- EDWARD JACKSON JRStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
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.