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ARLAN JOSEPH KENNEDY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 17, 1947 – June 19, 1968
Service recordArlan Joseph Kennedy JR, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Firefighting And Rescue Specialist (7051)
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 35
- MICHAEL JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE JORGENSENPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- CARL SANFORD KIZERCaptain · June 19, 1968
- NEFTALE JOHN LABOYPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
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.