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DAVID GEORGE MCKAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 4, 1951 – June 4, 1970
Service recordDavid George McKay, of Pacifica, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- March 4, 1951
- Home of record
- Pacifica, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 8
- BOBBY GENE HUGGINSMajor · June 4, 1970
- DAVID HARLON MARINESpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- ALVIN EUGENE MATHERMajor · June 4, 1970
- FRANK EDWARD MCCLELLANSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
From Pacifica
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
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.