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KENNETH LEE HEARN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1947 – May 14, 1967
Service recordKenneth Lee Hearn, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 118
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 118
- CHARLES E HALFORDSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
- DONALD KELCEY HALVORSENPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- HENRY GARFIELD HAMPTONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JOHN MITCHELL HICKSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1967
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.