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EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 12, 1940 – March 24, 1968
Service recordEugene Phillip McKinney, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 24, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 9
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 9
- MICHAL ALVIN MERKELFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH LAWRENCE NEALSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ERIC BJARNE NILSENPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 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.