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KENNETH WAYNE KROUS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1946 – January 23, 1967
Service recordKenneth Wayne Krous, of Hastings, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 70
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 26 MAR
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Hastings, Nebraska (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 70
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- PETER MACIEL JRCorporal · January 23, 1967
- DANNY DEAN MCGEELance Corporal · January 23, 1967
From Hastings
- GARY TWYMAN COWLESPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD LE ROY HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- CLIFFORD ARVIN DRAPERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- DELBERT PAT WRIGHTLance Corporal · May 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.