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WILLIAM WAYNE KENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordWilliam Wayne Kent, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 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 49W, Line 54
- MILTON COOKSergeant · August 12, 1968
- JAN VICTOR HENRICKSONSergeant · August 12, 1968
- STANLEY GENE HOLTONSpecialist Four · August 12, 1968
- TERRY ROY JENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 12, 1968
- RONALD PAUL LEELance Corporal · August 12, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.