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KENNETH PAUL TANNER
Major · U.S. Army
April 1, 1939 – July 23, 1970
Service recordKenneth Paul Tanner, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 47
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1939
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 47
- MITCHELL JONES JRSergeant · July 23, 1970
- WILFRED WESLEY WARNER JRSergeant · July 23, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH ZAGATACorporal · July 23, 1970
- DONALD BRUCE BLOODWORTHCaptain · July 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GUS ALLENCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 45
- ANDRE CAVARO LUCASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 8W, Line 46
- WILFRED WESLEY WARNER JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 47
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.