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KENNETH ROBERT JAMERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1946 – April 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth Robert Jamerson, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 104
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Little Eagle, South Dakota (Corson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 104
- JAMES HARRELL FOWLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- BERT GUERRA IIIPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MARION RAY HUTCHINSPrivate First Class · April 5, 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.