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KENNETH WAYNE ECKMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 6, 1949 – July 10, 1968
Service recordKenneth Wayne Eckman, of Layton, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Layton, Utah (Davis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 12
- GARY LEE STROUSESergeant · July 10, 1968
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- LARRY GEORGE TREVARTONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- WILLIAM OWEN TRUJILLOSergeant · July 10, 1968
From Layton
- JOHN COOLEY ELLISONCaptain · March 24, 1967
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS HARVEY SCHOFIELDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
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.