Kenneth Robert Jamerson

Kenneth Jamerson official miliary portrait in his Marine Corps Uniform.

Vietnam Conflict
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Fallen

County:
Sioux

Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Lance Corporal
    Branch of Service:
    Marines
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Company D
    Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
    1st Battalion
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    1st Marines Regiment
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    1st Marine Division
    Conflicts Served:
    Vietnam Conflict
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Profile

Circumstances:

During the month of March the Battalion was carrying out it combat operations in the Dien Ban and Hieu Nhon District of Quang Nam Province. On March 21, a patrol in the vicinity of the Thanh Tam village complex detonated a mine, and PFC Jamerson was wounded by shrapnel from the explosion. Evacuated to the NSA Station Hospital in DaNang, he died on April 5 from the injuries he had sustained from the hostile explosive device. 

Biography:

He was born in Fort Yates, ND. He is buried in Messiah Church Cemetery - Little Eagle, SD.  He received a posthumous promotion to Lance Corporal.