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JOSEPH KEITH KIRKENDALL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJoseph Keith Kirkendall, of Vevay, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 42
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 69 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Vevay, Indiana (Switzerland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 42
- MICHAEL JAMES DERRIGLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYESPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- WASHINGTON L JAMESSergeant First Class · August 27, 1968
- FRANK HOWARD JOHNSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
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.