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DAVID DAYLE MCKENZIE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1945 – July 12, 1965
Service recordDavid Dayle McKenzie, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 12, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Ann Arbor, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 35
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD BLUBAUGHLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
- BRIAN JAMES GAUTHIERCorporal · July 11, 1965
- KENNETH ANTHONY SEISSERLance Corporal · July 11, 1965
From Ann Arbor
- GEORGE FREDERICK VLISIDESMajor · January 27, 1965
- DONALD BARRETT RODDYPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WALTER EDWIN MCINTIRE JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · February 28, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID RAYMOND WAGENERCaptain · October 20, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN CRABBEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1967
- CLIVE VERE MOSIERPrivate First Class · April 24, 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.