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CLIFFORD ABDUL MCKENNAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – March 20, 1966
Service recordClifford Abdul McKennan, of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Point Pleasant, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 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 6E, Line 26
- JERALD LEE PINNEKERLieutenant (junior grade) · March 20, 1966
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- GERALD BERNARD SCHMIDTLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- HUBERT RAY SMITHStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FLORESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 24
- TOMMIE LOUIS MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 25
- HUBERT RAY SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 26
From Point Pleasant
- RICHARD ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
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.