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ELMER FREDERICK KENNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1944 – July 11, 1967
Service recordElmer Frederick Kenney, of Canoga Park, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 52
- WILLIAM JOHN IGOEPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- LEWIS FRANKLIN JENKINSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE KINGCorporal · July 11, 1967
- DAVE ROYCE KINGSBURYMajor · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARION TROY EAKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 50
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 51
- HAROLD WAYNE KINGCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 52
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
- GEORGE EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 53
- CLEVELAND PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 54
From Canoga Park
- WILLIAM HARRY AMSPACHER JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- MITCHELL CONRAD SHORTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GRANNANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- HARTLEY MICHAEL JOSEPHSONLieutenant · October 7, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH WELLSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- MICHAEL KANEPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ANGEL ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 28, 1968
- ROBERT ERNEST FORSHEYMajor · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM ENBODYFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 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.