John William Kennedy

Vietnam War
Unit20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromArlington Virginia
Date of DeathAugust 16 1971
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Kennedy was a member of the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Chu Lai, South Vietnam. On August 16, 1971, he was the pilot of a Cessna Skymaster Observation Aircraft (O-2A) on a visual reconnaissance over Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam near the Laotian border when radio contact was lost. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1992 and identified on June 7, 1996. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.