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KENNETH LEROY WITHAM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1947 – March 27, 1969
Service recordKenneth Leroy Witham, of Winter Park, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 65
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Winter Park, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 65
- DAVID OLSEN WILSONSergeant · March 27, 1969
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- ROBERT ARTHUR BELCHERMajor · March 28, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH BOUCHARDSergeant · March 28, 1969
From Winter Park
- JOHN LUCIUS HOUSTONSergeant · July 6, 1964
- GEOFFREY HOLMES OSBORNLieutenant (junior grade) · September 24, 1965
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1966
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DAVIS FREEMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- JAMES DAVID WRIGHT JRCorporal · March 22, 1969
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · May 6, 1969
- HAL EDWARD PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 9, 1970
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.