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KENNETH RAY LASSETER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – February 7, 1970
Service recordKenneth Ray Lasseter, of Boaz, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 112
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Boaz, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 112
- ROBERT EARL HUNTLance Corporal · February 7, 1970
- TERRY STEVEN LOPRINOPrivate · February 7, 1970
- CARLTON BRANDARD MILLNERCorporal · February 7, 1970
- ROBERT ALBIN WHITTEDStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEWIS TAYLORSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 113
From Boaz
- JERRY LAMAYNE COLLIERPetty Officer Third Class · February 7, 1968
- JAMES LARRY HOLLANDCorporal · February 22, 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.