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KENNETH RAYMOND SPOHN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1946 – August 16, 1967
Service recordKenneth Raymond Spohn, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 3
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 3
- LARRY J PETERSCaptain · August 16, 1967
- HUGH EDWIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.