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GUY EDWIN MCKEAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 16, 1931 – November 20, 1969
Service recordGuy Edwin McKean JR, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 16, 1931
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 102
- ROBERT MARION NEWBERGSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- JOSEPH CRAIG PETERSSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROGER STEVEN POWERSSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH PRUDENStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MARION NEWBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 102
- BARRY JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 103
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.