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KENNETH PORTER MORROW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordKenneth Porter Morrow, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 24
- JIMMY RAY MOORECorporal · May 5, 1968
- LOUIS HOWARD NELSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD NICHOLSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK ALLEN BARCLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 42
- ELROY EUGENE BEIERSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 2
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 2
- THEODORE R BONHAM JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 3
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 8
- FOSTER HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 15
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.