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THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JR
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1930 – June 12, 1966
Service recordThomas Joseph Kennedy JR, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 18, 1930
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 42
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- RENE CERDA LOPEZSergeant · June 12, 1966
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
- CHARLES SUTHERLAND HYMERSFirst Lieutenant · February 4, 1967
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.