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JAMES HORACE KENNARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 26, 1945 – November 19, 1966
Service recordJames Horace Kennard, of Burlington, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Burlington, New Jersey (Burlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 89
- LEWIS ROY KIRBYSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- ROBERTS MACHADOStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DWIGHT LEROY BASEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 86
- TED BELCHERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 86
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 86
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 87
- EDMUND VALENTINE DLUGOKINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 87
- AUDLEY M FEDERLINE JRCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 88
- LEWIS ROY KIRBYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 89
- ROBERTS MACHADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 89
- JAMES OHLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 90
- FRANKIE LEON PRIESTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 90
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 91
- ROBERT GEORGE RUDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 91
- THOMAS ROBERT SERRANOSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 91
- HERBERT CARSON SHUPESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
- MICHAEL DEWITT SWANGINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
From Burlington
- FRANK OGBURN JRPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- THOMAS ALLEN LOWDENStaff Sergeant · September 27, 1966
- HAROLD HENASEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- DANIEL OWEN ABERNATHYFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES DAVISMajor · May 2, 1975
- EZRA BUDD MARTERSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.
