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KENNEDY JACQUES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 15, 1942 – May 15, 1969
Service recordKennedy Jacques, of Anaheim, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 16
- WILLIAM CALDWELL DONICSWarrant Officer 1 · May 15, 1969
- JAMES EPPSPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- DANIEL GAUNA JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GARY LEE GILLARDStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EMERSON DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 15
- TERRY LEE LESHSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 17
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.