Kenneth E. De More, Jr. was born on October 2, 1950. His home of record is Medford, NJ. Kenneth attended Lenape Regional High School.
He served in the US Army and attained the rank of Private First Class (PFC).
De More was killed in action on December 12, 1969, in Hue, South Vietnam. He is buried at Junior Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle, NJ.
De More was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Badge with Grenade Bar, the Sharpshooter Badge with Rifle and Machine Gun Bars, the Marksman Badge with Automatic Rifle Bar. He was also posthumously awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Force Honor Medal (from the Government of the Republic of Vietnam).
Kenny attended Lenape Regional High School in Medford before joining the Army on January 23, 1969. He trained at Fort Dix, NJ and Forts Gordon and Benning, GA, before leaving for Vietnam on September 22, 1969. As evident in his letters home to us, PFC Kenneth E. De More, Jr. served proudly as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam. He spoke of casualties, and his own close calls with land mines. He believed being there was his calling.
Kenny was laid to rest at Jr. Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle on December 20, 1969.
United States Army Private First Class served as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) when he was killed in action in Hue, South Vietnam.
He served in the US Army and attained the rank of Private First Class (PFC).
De More was killed in action on December 12, 1969, in Hue, South Vietnam. He is buried at Junior Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle, NJ.
De More was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Badge with Grenade Bar, the Sharpshooter Badge with Rifle and Machine Gun Bars, the Marksman Badge with Automatic Rifle Bar. He was also posthumously awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Force Honor Medal (from the Government of the Republic of Vietnam).
Kenny attended Lenape Regional High School in Medford before joining the Army on January 23, 1969. He trained at Fort Dix, NJ and Forts Gordon and Benning, GA, before leaving for Vietnam on September 22, 1969. As evident in his letters home to us, PFC Kenneth E. De More, Jr. served proudly as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam. He spoke of casualties, and his own close calls with land mines. He believed being there was his calling.
Kenny was laid to rest at Jr. Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle on December 20, 1969.
United States Army Private First Class served as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) when he was killed in action in Hue, South Vietnam.
Kenneth E. De More, Jr. was born on October 2, 1950. His home of record is Medford, NJ. Kenneth attended Lenape Regional High School.
He served in the US Army and attained the rank of Private First Class (PFC).
De More was killed in action on December 12, 1969, in Hue, South Vietnam. He is buried at Junior Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle, NJ.
De More was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Badge with Grenade Bar, the Sharpshooter Badge with Rifle and Machine Gun Bars, the Marksman Badge with Automatic Rifle Bar. He was also posthumously awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Force Honor Medal (from the Government of the Republic of Vietnam).
Kenny attended Lenape Regional High School in Medford before joining the Army on January 23, 1969. He trained at Fort Dix, NJ and Forts Gordon and Benning, GA, before leaving for Vietnam on September 22, 1969. As evident in his letters home to us, PFC Kenneth E. De More, Jr. served proudly as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam. He spoke of casualties, and his own close calls with land mines. He believed being there was his calling.
Kenny was laid to rest at Jr. Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle on December 20, 1969.
United States Army Private First Class served as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) when he was killed in action in Hue, South Vietnam.
He served in the US Army and attained the rank of Private First Class (PFC).
De More was killed in action on December 12, 1969, in Hue, South Vietnam. He is buried at Junior Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle, NJ.
De More was awarded the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze star, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Expert Badge with Grenade Bar, the Sharpshooter Badge with Rifle and Machine Gun Bars, the Marksman Badge with Automatic Rifle Bar. He was also posthumously awarded the Good Conduct Medal and the Armed Force Honor Medal (from the Government of the Republic of Vietnam).
Kenny attended Lenape Regional High School in Medford before joining the Army on January 23, 1969. He trained at Fort Dix, NJ and Forts Gordon and Benning, GA, before leaving for Vietnam on September 22, 1969. As evident in his letters home to us, PFC Kenneth E. De More, Jr. served proudly as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam. He spoke of casualties, and his own close calls with land mines. He believed being there was his calling.
Kenny was laid to rest at Jr. Mechanics Cemetery in Tabernacle on December 20, 1969.
United States Army Private First Class served as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) when he was killed in action in Hue, South Vietnam.
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