- Date Of Birth: October 20, 1921
- Date Of Death: May 17, 2017
- State: Florida
GENERAL KENDALL SPENT OVER 36 YEARS IN THE ARMY.
HE LATER WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE INFANTRY SCHOOL, FT. BENNING, GA.; A G-1 PLANS OFFICER, HQ U.S. ARMY FAR EAST COMMAND; COMMANDER, 1ST BATTALION, 75TH REGIMENT COMBAT TEAM, OKINAWA; PLANS OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF PERSONNEL HQ, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY; AND PLANS OFFICER/DEPUTY J5 UNITED NATIONS COMMAND, U.S. FORCES, KOREA.
FOLLOWING HIS SECOND TOUR IN VIETNAM, HE RETURNED TO THE PENTAGON IN 1971, WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR GENERAL AND ASSUMED DUTIES AS DIRECTOR, INTER-AMERICAN REGION, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. IN 1973 HE WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN AND ARMY MEMBER OF THE U.S. DELEGATION, JOINT BRAZIL-U.S. MILITARY COMMISSION AND COMMANDER, U.S. MILITARY GROUP BRAZIL, STATIONED IN RIO DE JANEIRO.
IN SEPTEMBER 1975, GENERAL KENDALL COMMANDED THE READINESS REGION IV, AT FT. GILLEM, GA. HE RETIRED ON OCTOBER 31, 1978.
GENERAL KENDALL WAS BORN IN LINCOLN CITY, INDIANA. HE GRADUATED FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY WITH A B.S. DEGREE AND AS THE ROTC HONOR GRADUATE, IN DECEMBER 1942, AND WAS COMMISSIONED FROM FT. BENNING’S OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN APRIL 1943. HE EARNED HIS MASTER’S DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
RETIRING TO FLORIDA, HE PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, SUCH AS:
*INFANTRY OFFICER CANDIDATE, HALL OF FAME, FORT BENNING, GA.
*FORMER HONORARY COLONEL, US 15TH INFANTRY REGIMENT.
*FOUNDING PRESIDENT AND MEMBER, 15TH INFANTRY REGIMENT ASSOCIATION.
*MEMBER: THE MILITARY SOCIETY OF THE BLUE BADGE.
*DISTINGUISHED MEMBER, LIFE MEMBER, CAPE CANAVERAL CHAPTER, MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MOAACC).
*BOARD MEMBER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN, MOAACC SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION.
*KENTUCKY COLONEL, COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
*COLONEL AND AIDE TO THE GOVERNOR, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
*DISTINGUISHED MEMBER, LIFE MEMBER, PAST PRESIDENT, AND GENEALOGIST, THE MERIWETHER SOCIETY, INC.
*MEMBER OF MANY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES.
*MEMBER: EAU GALLIE YACHT CLUB, INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, FL.
GENERAL KENDALL ALSO ENJOYED SAILING, WOODWORKING AND GENEALOGY.
HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS, AURA CHARLENE GROSS KENDALL, DIED IN 2005. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS SON, RETIRED ARMY COLONEL JOHN M. KENDALL (LORI) OF UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA., AND HIS DAUGHTER KAREN R. PARKER (VERN) OF STAFFORD, VA.; A BROTHER, MERLE (JOY) AND A SISTER, DELORES GARDNER, AND A SISTER-IN-LAW, HELEN GROSS; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND THIRTEEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
