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KENNETH RAY HORNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1946 – February 12, 1966
Service recordKenneth Ray Horne, of Palatka, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Palatka, Florida (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 26
- THEODORE F TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- FREDERIC R DELANGEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GAYLORD NATHA KLINEFELTERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 27
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 28
From Palatka
- WILLIAM DAVID HOWSA RAGINCaptain · August 20, 1964
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WALTER GENE MERVIN ELLISSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BURNEYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- EUGENE SMALLPrivate · March 20, 1968
- GRAT ALBERT KEENECorporal · March 31, 1968
- HERBERT HOOVER SWEAT JRCorporal · February 21, 1969
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
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.