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KENNETH MARION WALLS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1951 – May 14, 1970
Service recordKenneth Marion Walls JR, of Georgetown, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 44
- KENT CHILDS TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- LEROY WALLACESergeant · May 14, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
- CLEVELAND GYE WYNDERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARC BRADLEY BELONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 38
- WILLIAM JACKSON BREWER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 39
- ROBERT K EVEREST IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 39
- LAWRENCE RAYMOND GEIGERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 40
- EDWARD GLENN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 41
From Georgetown
- EARL DALE JENKINS JRCorporal · November 16, 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.