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KENNETH RAY PAYNE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1949 – October 30, 1968
Service recordKenneth Ray Payne, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 59
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 59
- JOHN MARK AVERYGunnery Sergeant · October 30, 1968
- JIM GLENN BELL JRSergeant · October 30, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.