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DANNY OWEN KENNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1948 – June 12, 1967
Service recordDanny Owen Kennell, of Portland, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Michigan (Ionia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 94
- KENNETH CHARLES HURSESergeant · June 12, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- MATTHEW DEVANUGHAN KENNEDYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1967
- DENNIS RUDOLPH MANSKECorporal · June 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RUDOLPH MANSKECorporal · Panel 21E, Line 94
From Portland
- NORMAN ELAN GOODMANSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.