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KENNETH LEE REMMERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1944 – July 12, 1965
Service recordKenneth Lee Remmers, of Kenedy, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Kenedy, Texas (Karnes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 36
- FRANK STANLEY REASONERFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1965
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
From Kenedy
- SILBANO MORINPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- SAMMIE DON HOFFMajor · July 23, 1966
- GEORGE SOLIZSergeant · July 19, 1968
- LEO JOE SCHROLLER JRCorporal · April 6, 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.