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CLEMIE MCKINNEY
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
April 25, 1945 – April 14, 1972
Service recordClemie McKinney, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on April 14, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 136
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Born
- April 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 14, 1972
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1972; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 136
- DAVID LEVERETT LEETCaptain · April 13, 1972
- RONALD AVERY MALLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1972
- MITCHEL ANTHONY DOWDYSergeant · April 14, 1972
- JOSEPH GALES GREENLEAFLieutenant · April 14, 1972
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.