Good point about song being Steinman's, therefore, Kenny may not have been connected to Meat at all. As I ran in my mind through the names to rhyme, it seems like some other names could have been used so it appears to be that Kenny might have been chosen on purpose.
Seeing the times when Meat and Jim were growing up and were young men, I always said and always will again and again that, as far as I am concerned, "Kenny" is an embodiment of those who died young during the wars - remember when Meat and Jim were born, WWII just ended, Korean war came decade later and two decades later there was Vietnam war. There was a lot of bitterness among young American people about Vietnam war after a while...so I am pretty sure the reference in the song is about Vietnam war. An American just reads it between the lines without thinking for a moment about car crash or any other crash. Another confirmation is plane crash. This to me actually looks like one of those fighter planes.
And then again...I do not insist on forcing my opinion on anybody cause you never know...
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