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KENNETH RAY TEMPLES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1944 – June 19, 1966
Service recordKenneth Ray Temples, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 63
- ROY CLIFFORD MCEWENCorporal · June 19, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 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.