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JUDD WAYNE KENNEDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1946 – November 1, 1966
Service recordJudd Wayne Kennedy, of Jasper, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Jasper, Texas (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 6
- JOSHUA THOMAS JONESSergeant · November 1, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS KNOPFPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- JOSEPH PAUL MACHALICAPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
From Jasper
- RAYMOND MAYSSpecialist Four · February 17, 1970
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.