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MILTON REGINALD KENNEDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 3, 1951 – August 24, 1970
Service recordMilton Reginald Kennedy, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 2
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
- General Construction Equipment Operator (62J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 2
- LARRY KENNETH LEIMBACHSpecialist Four · August 24, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK MORGAN JRCorporal · August 24, 1970
- SHELDON SILVERMANStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- RONALD GEORGE DICKSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILLIAM DEVINESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 1
- JOHN SYLVESTER NUTWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 3
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 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.