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COLEY LEE KENDALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1926 – February 18, 1971
Service recordColey Lee Kendall, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 26, 1926
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 116
- EARLEY CARTER GRACEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1971
- LARRY RICHARD HATTERCorporal · February 18, 1971
- WAYNE REUBEN HYATTMajor · February 18, 1971
- GARY LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- LESTER WARREN ALIPIOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- JAMES EARL AUSTINMaster Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 114
- JOSEPH GORDON BROWNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 115
- DONALD GENE GIBLERSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 115
- EARLEY CARTER GRACEPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 116
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
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.