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GILMAN WILLIAM MCKAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1946 – November 2, 1966
Service recordGilman William McKay, of West Keansburg, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- West Keansburg, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 11
- AUGUSTINE LOPEZ JRLance Corporal · November 2, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- JESSE SAMARIPAPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- BARRY RUSSELL WOODSpecialist Four · November 2, 1966
From West Keansburg
- HAROLD FRANK HEYMACHPrivate First Class · March 8, 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.