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DONALD FRANK MCKENZIE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – December 10, 1968
Service recordDonald Frank McKenzie, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 83
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 83
- MELVIN DOUGLAS NELSONSergeant · December 10, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO RUDONLance Corporal · December 10, 1968
- PEDRO SANCHEZ JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- BOBBY CLYDE SNYDERSergeant · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANA EDWARD DIEHLPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 79
- DEXTER NUNTON GAMBLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 80
- WILLIAM ALLISON LOWRYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 82
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRY HUTCHISON GIBSONFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1969
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.