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KENNETH LAVERNE FORD
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 19, 1941 – June 7, 1969
Service recordKenneth Laverne Ford, of New Burnside, Illinois, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 100
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 19, 1941
- Home of record
- New Burnside, Illinois (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 100
- TERRELL GIBSONSergeant First Class · June 7, 1969
- DALE EUGENE GRIFFITHCorporal · June 7, 1969
- DAVID ANTHONY GRILLYCorporal · June 7, 1969
- CURTIS LYNN HENDRICKSONSeaman · June 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.