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EDWARD HENRY KENNEDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – May 23, 1969
Service recordEdward Henry Kennedy, of Oceanside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 85
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 1969
- GARY LEE HISLECorporal · May 23, 1969
- GRAHAM HUGHESPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- HENRY DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS BRUNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 87
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
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.