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KENNETH STEPHEN VORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1944 – May 20, 1970
Service recordKenneth Stephen Vore, of Casstown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Casstown, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 73
- JOHN HOWARD WAALENStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- TONY ROBERT WARDStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER WHEELERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- WARREN LYNN WOZENCRAFTCaptain · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CRAIG RATHBUNCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 72
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.