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KENNETH LOREN FOUNTAIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – January 4, 1969
Service recordKenneth Loren Fountain, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 34
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 34
- DAVID OWEN HERSHISERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- ALFRED DEAN HILDEBRANDSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- GARY LEE JAMIESONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- WILLIS LEANDREW MIDGETTESpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN ARTHUR WESSELPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 37
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.