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DONALD NEAL KENNON
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1936 – February 13, 1969
Service recordDonald Neal Kennon, of Sweetwater, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 27
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Sweetwater, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 27
- TERRY KENT JACKSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- NORMAN A JENSENSergeant · February 13, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM MENDEZSergeant · February 13, 1969
- ROGER CHARLES NESBITPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
From Sweetwater
- RUFUS WILSON BILLSSergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- WILMER DWAYNE WILSONHospitalman · April 16, 1968
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
- CLARENCE S TURNER IIISpecialist Five · January 14, 1970
- HAROLD DALE DARNELLSergeant · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM ACE BILLY MORTONSergeant · June 5, 1970
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.