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DANIEL LEE MCKECHNIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 24, 1947 – November 25, 1968
Service recordDaniel Lee McKechnie, of Concord, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 53
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- MARK STEPHEN STEINERSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN WASILOWCorporal · November 24, 1968
- DANIEL FLOYD WESTSergeant · November 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 55
- LAWRENCE ELLSWORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 57
- RALPH BUDDY MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 60
- JOSEPH VINCENT STACKPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 61
- JACK MICHAEL ZAITZSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 63
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 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.