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GEORGE JOHN KENDRA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1932 – October 30, 1968
Service recordGeorge John Kendra, of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1932
- Home of record
- West Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 58
- RICHARD WAYNE HORSLEYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1968
- JAMES VAN HOWARDCorporal · October 30, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- GARY LEE MATSONSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
From West Hazleton
- RICHARD CHARLES BALUKONISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- LOUIS VINCENT ROMANELLIPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 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.