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RAYMOND O KENNEDY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1945 – February 27, 1968
Service recordRaymond O Kennedy, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 50
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1968, 2,260 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.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 41E, Line 50
- ARTHUR WEINMANN HERODPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE JACOBSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1968
- MICHAEL STEVEN KRAVCHAKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- CHARLES HUBERT STANLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT E MINOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 52
- FREDERICK J OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 52
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.