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KENNETH MARCUM
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – August 11, 1969
Service recordKenneth Marcum, of Connersville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 6 BN 15 ARTY II FF
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Connersville, Indiana (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 2
- ALAN DARYL HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM HOCKLance Corporal · August 11, 1969
- TERRANCE FREDERICK KANESpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- EDWARD LEE KANTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
From Connersville
- CHARLES JEFFREY MARTINLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- RAY MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
- JAMES RAY SWANGOCorporal · June 17, 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.