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ALBIN LEE KENDALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1950 – November 3, 1971
Service recordAlbin Lee Kendall, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 59
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 59
- ROBERT FREDRICK QUANDTPrivate First Class · November 1, 1971
- JACK LEONARD DECAIRESpecialist Six · November 3, 1971
- ERROL LYNN KENTSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
- ERNEST J MONTELEONE JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ERROL LYNN KENTSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 59
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.