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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Doy Ray Kendricks.

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DOY RAY KENDRICKS

Corporal · U.S. Army

October 18, 1947 – July 10, 1968

Service record

Doy Ray Kendricks, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 52W · Line 10

Position of Panel 52W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
October 18, 1947
Home of record
Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 10, 1968
Age
20
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 52W, Line 10

Same unit, same day

From Ft Worth

All 168 names from Ft Worth →

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.