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JOHN WILLIAM KENNEDY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 1, 1947 – August 16, 1971
Service recordJohn William Kennedy, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 16, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 132
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Forward Air Controller (1141E)
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 16, 1971
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 132
- WOODROW BEAL CHASTAINSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- SCOTT THOMAS GRABERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- VERNON HARTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1971
- LEROY REID JRStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1971
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.