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KENNETH RONALD SEMON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1940 – May 25, 1968
Service recordKenneth Ronald Semon, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 4
- BRUCE SHERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · May 25, 1968
- BERNARD AUGUSTUS SMALLSSergeant · May 25, 1968
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.