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JOHN HENRY KENNY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1946 – June 24, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Kenny, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 24, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 86
- BOBBY JOE JAMESStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE CLYDE JONESPrivate · June 24, 1966
- KENNETH R KAAIHUEStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.