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KENT CARTER WOLF
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – August 3, 1970
Service recordKent Carter Wolf, of Boone, Iowa, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Boone, Iowa (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 81
- MARTIN THOMAS PRASTFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1970
- WAYNE VALGEEN BLAKELance Corporal · August 4, 1970
- JAMES LYNELL BLOW JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1970
- JOHN HARLIE BURGESS JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
- WILLIAM MARTIN CLARKLance Corporal · August 4, 1970
From Boone
- DENNIS DEAN FERGUSONCaptain · March 20, 1966
- FREDERICK KENNETH DEAVERPrivate · August 23, 1966
- GENE WESLEY BROWNMajor · July 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE CROOKSSpecialist Four · April 2, 1971
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.