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ROBERT WAYNE KENNY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1942 – January 24, 1967
Service recordRobert Wayne Kenny served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 74
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1942
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 74
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · January 24, 1967
- JOHN ALOYSIUS LAMBIE JRPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALOYSIUS LAMBIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 74
- JAMES PRICE SPENCERCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 75
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.