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KENNETH JOHN STUTES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 11, 1948 – July 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth John Stutes, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 15
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 15
- TIMOTHY JUDD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- RONALD DEAN SHEPHERDSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- ANDREW PAUL STEIN JRSergeant · July 5, 1967
- MARVIN OWENS STEVENSLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 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.