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CLARENCE LEE MCKINNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1947 – February 2, 1969
Service recordClarence Lee McKinnon, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 42
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 42
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE NEILLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- RAYMOND NITO RIVERAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RYAN RAMSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 36
- RELL CRIGGER JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 37
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- WAYNE DOUGLAS GROATSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 39
- ASA MARTIN JRPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 41
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 42
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.