Kenneth L. Worley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1948
Place of Birth: Farmington, New Mexico, United States
Date of Death: 12-Aug-1968
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Kenneth L. Worley
- Kenneth Lee Worley (April 4, 1948 – August 12, 1968) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam.
- On August 12, 1968, Worley sacrificed his own life when he threw himself on a grenade to save the lives of several fellow Marines.Joining the Marines in 1967, Worley was deployed to the Republic of Vietnam early in 1968.
- While setting up a ambush position in a hamlet of Quang Nam Province, an enemy grenade was thrown into the house where Worley was stationed.
- Worley jumped on the grenade, saving the fellow Marines in the house.
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