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KENNETH WAYNE MOLTON
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 9, 1948 – December 7, 1968
Service recordKenneth Wayne Molton, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 57
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 57
- JAMES ROBBINS LEWIS JRPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- KENNETH MILLERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- LARRY JAMES OWENPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- BERNARD RICHARD WOEHLCKEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.