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KENNETH MARTIN KESSINGER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1945 – April 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth Martin Kessinger, of Govan, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 105
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Govan, Washington (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 105
- ALAN JAMES DEANCaptain · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- ALFRED GEORGE LIRAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- EDDIE LESTER MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · April 5, 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.