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KENNETH MUREL RUSSELL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
June 15, 1940 – January 16, 1969
Service recordKenneth Murel Russell, of Judsonia, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Commissaryman (CS)
- Born
- June 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Judsonia, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 18
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- ALLAN NAPOLEON SCAVELLAMaster Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- EDWARD E STOCKWELL JRFireman · January 16, 1969
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
From Judsonia
- VICTOR JORY HOMSLEYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · November 21, 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.