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TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1944 – December 26, 1967
Service recordTimothy Joel Kennedy, of Burlington, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Burlington, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 63
- ALLEN D FORDStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1967
- JAMES HENRY GAMBLEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN GEHRKESpecialist Five · December 26, 1967
- DAVID RAYMOND HAEFNERSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 62
- DAVID RAYMOND HAEFNERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 63
- LARRY LEE ORCUTTSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 64
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 65
From Burlington
- DELL CONLEY GEISEHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- JOHNNIE D SANDERSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR CRAMERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY HERINGCaptain · August 19, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM DELAATLance Corporal · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN ROBERTSCorporal · August 22, 1970
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.