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KENNETH TRUMAN RUSSELL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1946 – February 16, 1967
Service recordKenneth Truman Russell, of Perry, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 51
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Perry, Oklahoma (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 51
- GARY CHARLES RICHARDSPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE SCHNEECorporal · February 16, 1967
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- RICHARD TARKINGTON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
From Perry
- JACK LEE SNODGRASSStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- GARY SIDNEY WHITESpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.