He served as a seaman on the destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.:
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While at Harvard during World War II, Robert F. Kennedy joined the U.S. Naval Reserve and served as a seaman on the destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. The ship was named for Kennedy?s eldest brother, who had been killed in World War II. Born on November 20, 1925, Kennedy died from an assassin?s bullet June 6, 1968, in Los Angeles after proclaiming victory in California?s Democratic Party primary election.
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