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JOHN C KENNEBREW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 6, 1948 – August 22, 1968
Service recordJohn C Kennebrew, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 19 ENG BN
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 28
- RONALD ANTHONY GOLWITZERSergeant First Class · August 22, 1968
- PHILIP WADE HUNTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- PAUL ANDREW JEROME JRFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- ARGESTLAR KING JRLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
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.