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KENNETH WESLEY SLAUGHTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 20, 1949 – July 22, 1970
Service recordKenneth Wesley Slaughter, of Murfreesboro, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 45
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, North Carolina (Hertford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 45
- LAUREN WALTER STANDRINGFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH TURCOTTEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 22, 1970
- GUS ALLENCorporal · July 23, 1970
- DERREL KEITH DICKEYSergeant · July 23, 1970
From Murfreesboro
- JAMES MILTON WILSONPrivate First Class · December 4, 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.