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JAMES KENNEDY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 27, 1944 – May 18, 1966
Service recordJames Kennedy JR, of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Seat Pleasant, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 82
- RAYMOND CHARLES JAJTNERMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- ERNEST EDWARD LANE JRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1966
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- MICHAEL GENE MERRIMANLance Corporal · May 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 79
- CLARENCE E HAGEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 81
- ONSBY RAY ROSESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 83
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 83
- FRANK TIMOTHY SHELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
- JIMMY GOETHEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 84
- ASTER WATTSSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
From Seat Pleasant
- GEORGE ALBERT BELL JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD LEE SHUCKSergeant · February 24, 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.