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KENNETH KEITH TOWER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 28, 1949 – August 29, 1968
Service recordKenneth Keith Tower JR, of Mendota, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 3
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
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 34 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Mendota, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 3
- GERALD WAYNE SPRINGERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JEFFREY SANDERS TIGNERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- ROY ROGERS WESTSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
From Mendota
- GREG WENDELL MILLSSpecialist Four · March 25, 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.