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KENNETH PAUL BIRELEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1947 – July 4, 1967
Service recordKenneth Paul Bireley, of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 123
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 123
- LEO EARL SEYMOURSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- CALVIN BELTONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- STEVEN ALAN BROWNPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- JAMES HENRY COONEYCorporal · July 4, 1967
From Marcus Hook
- BENJAMIN HARRY HARRISCorporal · November 7, 1966
- JOHN FRANK STOCKMANCorporal · November 18, 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.