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BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 24, 1945 – September 25, 1966
Service recordBruce Leonard Kennedy, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1966, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 15
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 26 MAR
- Born
- January 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD HOLDERFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- HOWARD WADE JACKSONCorporal · September 25, 1966
- ERNEST RAYMOND MARTIEStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1966
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTIMajor · August 19, 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.