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MARCUS TRUMAN KENNEDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 11, 1947 – September 28, 1967
Service recordMarcus Truman Kennedy, of Skiatook, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 24
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Skiatook, Oklahoma (Osage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 24
- GILBERT JAMES GRAHAMSeaman · September 28, 1967
- CHARLES ANTHONY JAMACKSpecialist Five · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN JONESSergeant · September 28, 1967
- DONALD ROY WOODCorporal · September 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ANTHONY MONDYKESergeant · Panel 27E, Line 25
- JERALD ALBERT SLATERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 25
From Skiatook
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- BOB BARBERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 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.