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KENNETH ROY DEVORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1950 – December 24, 1968
Service recordKenneth Roy Devore, of Fullerton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1968, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 72
- EVERETT FREDERICK COXSpecialist Five · December 24, 1968
- BOBBY BRANCE EDWARDSMajor · December 24, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL HESTERCorporal · December 24, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT HODSON JRSergeant First Class · December 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEE MURRAY BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 71
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36W, Line 73
- ROGER ALAN ROSSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36W, Line 74
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
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.