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DWIGHT A MCKINNEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordDwight A McKinney JR, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 90
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 90
- THOMAS LEONARD FARMERSpecialist Five · May 24, 1970
- TERRY WILLIAM FOREMANStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
- PETER WARREN GILMOREStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1970
- REUBEN ANTHONY LESSSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 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.