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JAMES CALVIN KENDRICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1938 – January 2, 1967
Service recordJames Calvin Kendrick, of Robertsdale, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 110
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Robertsdale, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 110
- ROBERT LOUIS KIRKSEYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN LEONARD KINTONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILBUR LINWOOD KOHRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE MENGESMajor · January 2, 1967
From Robertsdale
- HENRY ARDPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1966
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE PATELance Corporal · May 16, 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.