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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Kennith Alston.

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KENNITH ALSTON

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

May 8, 1941 – May 19, 1966

Service record

Kennith Alston, of Sautee, Georgia, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8E · Line 36

Position of Panel 8E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
May 8, 1941
Home of record
Sautee, Georgia (White County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 19, 1966
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 8E, Line 36

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.