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JOSEPH HAYDEN KENNEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – June 24, 1969
Service recordJoseph Hayden Kenney, of Opelika, Alabama, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 8
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Opelika, Alabama (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 8
- MICHAEL DEWAYNE HAMPTONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- HUGH BRYANT HOLMESEnsign · June 24, 1969
- RODNEY ALAN JANNETTACorporal · June 24, 1969
- BOBBY CAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
From Opelika
- CHARLES EARNEST HOODPrivate · October 25, 1967
- BROADUS DALE HILYERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- ERNEST AUSTIN BAKER JRCorporal · May 21, 1968
- DAVID WILLARD SMITHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- CHARLES M EARNESTCommander · November 28, 1972
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.