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KENNETH ROBERT ESCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordKenneth Robert Escott, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 12
- ROOSEVELT CLARKSergeant First Class · June 21, 1968
- SCOTT CLAYMON DELPHPetty Officer First Class · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL DENNISLieutenant · June 21, 1968
- TERRY LEE FETZERCorporal · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ASTOR SCALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 15
- BOYD JAMES YOUNGBLOODPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.