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BOBBY LYN MCKAIN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 11, 1946 – May 3, 1968
Service recordBobby Lyn McKain, of Garden City, Kansas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 27
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Garden City, Kansas (Finney County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 27
- JAMES ARTHUR LANIERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MANSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- DENNIS RAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY WAYNE BRIDGEMANSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 22
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 24
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 54E, Line 24
- DERVIN JOHN KEISLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 26
- JOHN EDWARD MANSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 27
- GEORGE JAMES SINGLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 29
From Garden City
- WAYNE DOUGLAS PROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE BALLPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
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.