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KENNETH ROY RORICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – April 22, 1967
Service recordKenneth Roy Rorick, of Wilmington, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 72
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYMajor · April 22, 1967
- MICHAEL C QUIREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- RAYMOND RIVERS TURNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD LEE BROCKPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 67
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 68
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
- DUTLEY JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 70
- WESLEY IRWIN PIZERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 71
- IRA ALBERT RICEPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
- MASON OPHELIA FOLMARSpecialist Six · November 14, 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.