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MICHAEL JOSEPH KENNEDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 17, 1948 – June 17, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Kennedy, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 13
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 13
- JOHN EDWARD KELLETTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- STEPHEN WILLIAM KURTTIPetty Officer Third Class · June 17, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LABUNDYSergeant · June 17, 1968
- ALLEN WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · June 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BEDSOLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- CHARLIE E BERRYSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 11
- DONALD SHUICHI FUJIMOTOSergeant · Panel 56W, Line 12
- ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUDCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 15
- ROOSEVELT TOWNSENDCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 16
- WILLIAM THOMAS WEDGEWORTHCorporal · Panel 56W, Line 16
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.