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ROBERT KENNEDY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – October 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Kennedy JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 102
- BUDDY EUGENE HENDERLIGHTSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- KEITH DALE MEHAFFEYPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH PREISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 100
- MARK JOSEPH PREISPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 102
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.