05/26/2026
Second Lieutenant Charles F. Kenney - Remembering an American Hero
Second Lieutenant Charles F. Kenney, 25, of Boston Mass.; Died While in Service on this day in 2012. Charlie served as a ground intelligence officer with the 7th Regiment of the First Marine Division scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan in September. He was considered an outstanding Marine officer by his fellow Marines of all ranks.
Charlie graduated from the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School during the summer prior to his senior year in college. Since commissioning in the Marine Corps in June 2010, Charlie completed a variety of USMC training programs including: The Basic School at Quantico; The Infantry Officer's Course at Quantico; The Scout Sniper Unit leaders Course at Quantico; USMC Ground Intelligence Officer Course at Dam Neck, VA; Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape Course at Coronado CA.
Ken Martin, Charlie's varsity hockey coach at Belmont Hill described Charlie as “a coach's dream and the ultimate teammate.'' Lars Tiffany, the head men's lacrosse coach at Brown University where Charlie played for four years, described Charlie as a Brown “lacrosse stalwart Charlie was a Captain for Brown Lacrosse and on the lacrosse field he was our primary Faceoff Man and played Defensive Midfield. He was an incredible man who truly led his friends and teammates.'' At Brown Charlie studied international economic development. One summer he traveled to Vietnam through a Harvard Kennedy School of Government program to study aspects of the Vietnamese economy and educational system.
His family and friends are in our thoughts always but especially today as they remember their loved one.
