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CHARLES W MCKINNIE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 29, 1945 – April 27, 1967
Service recordCharles W McKinnie JR, of Immokalee, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Immokalee, Florida (Collier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 103
- BLENN COLBY DYERLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- BELVIN LIGHTFOOTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCGEEVERCorporal · April 27, 1967
- SAMUEL WILLIAM OSBORNE JRPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE G SKAGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 104
From Immokalee
- WILLIAM B BROWNSergeant · July 22, 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.