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KENNETH LEO JOHNER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 29, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordKenneth Leo Johner, of Noonan, North Dakota, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 6
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS CO 3 MAR
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Noonan, North Dakota (Divide County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 6
- JOE RITCHARD JORDANSergeant · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS KLINESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PETER SWINNERTON LARSONCaptain · March 21, 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.