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BRENDAN JOHN KEARNS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
May 3, 1948 – November 10, 1967
Service recordBrendan John Kearns, of Bernardsville, New Jersey, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 67
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Bernardsville, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 67
- CHARLES JEROME HUNEYCUTT JRMajor · September 22, 1967
- LUIS BARRETO JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JERRY DON JONESPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD GLEN KOHLANDLance Corporal · November 10, 1967
From Bernardsville
- WILLARD LEE ARNTZStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1968
- WILLIAM LYNN WILLIAMSCorporal · February 11, 1971
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.