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CLARENCE EARL MCKINNIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1946 – March 9, 1966
Service recordClarence Earl McKinnis, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 133
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- EDWARD PEREALance Corporal · March 9, 1966
- DELBERT RAY PETERSONMajor · March 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- WILLIAM DAVID DORFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 131
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 131
- PAUL E LABRECQUE JRCorporal · Panel 5E, Line 132
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 133
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 134
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.