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SSG Arch Kennedy (Reb)
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Kennedy, Michael, COL.
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Chain of Command Served as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) at Fort Benning, Georgia (June-September 1965) and Vietnam (September 1965-March 1966)
Other Memories LTC Kennedy was CO of the 1/8th Cavalry when it was reflagged in June 1965. A few months later it was one of the first units of the 1st Cavalry Division to be deployed to Vietnam. It engaged in heavy combat for the next six months, including the famous Battle of the Ia Drang Valley.