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OTIS KENNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 2, 1949 – January 20, 1969
Service recordOtis Kenney, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 42
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)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 42
- KENNETH RAE MCGUIRECorporal · September 28, 1968
- MIGUEL HEREDIAPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- FRED DUANE KESTERPrivate · January 20, 1969
- ALEXANDER KINGSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- RAYMOND JIM KOZIKSergeant · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ALLEN MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 43
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.