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DWIGHT ALLEN MCNEES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – April 26, 1969
Service recordDwight Allen McNees, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 55
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 55
- MARK STEVEN LENNONSpecialist Five · April 26, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MILESCaptain · April 26, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES MURRYCorporal · April 26, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM NOELSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS PARRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 52
- FRANCISCO M GARCIA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 53
- WILLIE JAMES MURRYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 55
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
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.