Kennedy, Michael, COL

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1973-1975, 1542, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division

Service Years
1940 - 1975

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Georgia

Year of Birth
1921

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Contact Info

Home Town Moultrie, Georgia
Date of Passing Apr 29, 2009

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

1961-1963, 1542, HHC, 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 501st Infantry

From Month/Year January / 1961	To Month/Year January / 1963
Unit HHC Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Colonel	MOS 1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Base, Fort or City Fort Bragg	State/Country North Carolina

Patch	HHC, 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 501st Infantry Details

	Type Infantry
	Parent Unit 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 501st Infantry	Strength Company
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 23, 2020

Memories For This Unit
Chain of Command Served as Commanding Officer, 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 501st Parachute Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina	Other Memories While serving as CO of the 2nd ABG, 82nd Airborne (organized under the "Pentomic" Division concept) LTC Kennedy was alerted twice to be prepared to conduct a combat jump, first during the Berlin Crisis in August 1961 and also during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.

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