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KENNETH LIONEL KROM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordKenneth Lionel Krom, of Walkersville, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Walkersville, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 44
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · August 18, 1968
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · August 18, 1968
- FRED EMERY LANDSergeant · August 18, 1968
- LARRY JOHN LAPOINTSergeant · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY ROBERT CRUSESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 40
- GILBERT TREVINIO DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- RONALD MATHIAS HEINECKESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 43
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 43
- RANDOLPH CHARLES KETTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 44
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 45
- JOHN RUSSELL MILLIKANSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 48
- LORENZO SEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
- MARTINIANO VALENTIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 50
- ARTURO S ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 51
From Walkersville
- LARRY FRANKLIN BRASHEARSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
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.