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ALBERT W MCKINNEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 1948 – December 26, 1968
Service recordAlbert W McKinney JR, of Imperial Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 78
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Imperial Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 78
- SYLVESTER ROACHSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- LOUIS WADE ROBERTSCorporal · December 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOYLE SHOOPMANLance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- IRVIN WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
From Imperial Beach
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
- MICHAEL SEAN MASSEYCorporal · March 8, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.