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KENNETH RICHARD JACONETTI
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1947 – December 18, 1967
Service recordKenneth Richard Jaconetti, of South Salem, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 17
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- South Salem, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 17
- PATRICK CHRISTIAN CASSIDYLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- EDWARD L CLEMMONSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH GRANDESpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- THOMAS HUBBARDCorporal · December 18, 1967
From South Salem
- GEORGE RUSSELL MATTHEWSLieutenant Commander · February 10, 1970
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.