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FORREST ADRIAN MCKINNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – November 12, 1967
Service recordForrest Adrian McKinney, of Plymouth, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 84
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radiology Specialist (91P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Plymouth, Ohio (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 84
- JOHN ANDREW BARNES IIIPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- CHARLES H MORRIS JRPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- CHARLES RAY MOULTINEPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 86
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.