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KENNETH LEE SORENSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1944 – December 4, 1965
Service recordKenneth Lee Sorensen, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 124
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- LUZ VIEGRASpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ALLEN OVERWEGSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 123
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 3E, Line 125
From Kansas City
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- WARREN EDWARD KECKSpecialist Five · March 10, 1967
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.