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KENNETH LAMAR DEAVERS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1947 – February 7, 1967
Service recordKenneth Lamar Deavers JR, of Williamsport, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 4
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
- June 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Maryland (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 4
- ISAIAH ANTHONY DOBBINSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1967
- JAMES HENRY DUNCANSergeant First Class · February 7, 1967
- BARRY EDWARD EVERTPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- WILLARD ANSEL GODFREYSpecialist Five · February 7, 1967
From Williamsport
- JOHN FRANKLIN HUTZELLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
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.