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HOMER PHILLIP KENDRICK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 16, 1933 – May 13, 1969
Service recordHomer Phillip Kendrick, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 103
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Automotive Maintenance Technician (631A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 103
- THOMAS WARREN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- HARRY WILLIAM KERKSTRASpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- DONALD RAY KRAFTStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- BOBBY GENE LAWRENCESergeant · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 96
- MARTIN LEO DAMITIOSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 97
- JOHN VINCENT FOLGERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 98
- FELIX G GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 99
- JEROME KRISTIN LUKASPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 104
- TEDDY RAY MOORECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 106
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 107
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 108
- WESLEY WARREN STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 111
- ALAN CURTIS WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 113
- RAYMOND LEROY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 114
- LARRY DELARNARD AIKENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 42
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.