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HARRY JOHN KENNEY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 17, 1945 – November 1, 1968
Service recordHarry John Kenney, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMRIVRON 11
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39W, Line 1
- ELMER MARVIN KIVELPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- JERRY SMITH LEONARDPetty Officer First Class · November 1, 1968
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.