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MATTHEW DEVANUGHAN KENNEDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1945 – June 12, 1967
Service recordMatthew Devanughan Kennedy, of Timmonsville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Timmonsville, South Carolina (Florence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 94
- KENNETH CHARLES HURSESergeant · June 12, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- DANNY OWEN KENNELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- DENNIS RUDOLPH MANSKECorporal · June 12, 1967
From Timmonsville
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- WASHINGTON PAULEYSergeant · May 12, 1969
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.