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DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1949 – August 2, 1969
Service recordDwight Pinza McKeathon, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 88
- GARRY DWIGHT BARBEECorporal · August 2, 1969
- ROLAND HAROLD NADEAUPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · August 2, 1969
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARTIN BALLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 84
- WILLIAM EUGENE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 85
- THOMAS LAMONTE DIVES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 86
- DANIEL ALBERT IRELANSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 87
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 87
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 88
- THOMAS KEVIN RYANSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
- JAMES SHELTON STACEYSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 89
- ALBERT ALVARADO VAQUERAChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 90
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.