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KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1946 – March 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth Wayne Lampman, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 21
- FREDERICK BURRISSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- HAMPDEN CUTTS JUDSON JRFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- LARRY LEE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 20
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 22
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16E, Line 23
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 23
- CLIFFORD EDWARD SPARKSSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 24
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 25
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 25
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 26
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.