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WILLIAM EDWARD KENNEDY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 20, 1944 – November 21, 1966
Service recordWilliam Edward Kennedy, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 87 TRANS CO
- Born
- December 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “87 TRANS CO”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 102
- ARNOLD ROSS KRASNOFFPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ROGER W LAWSONPlatoon Sergeant · November 21, 1966
- DENNIS RAY LEHMANCorporal · November 21, 1966
- BOBBY WELDON LETBETTERSergeant First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS RAY LEHMANCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 102
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.