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HOLLIS RAY MCKINNEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – September 2, 1967
Service recordHollis Ray McKinney JR, of New Augusta, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- New Augusta, Mississippi (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 88
- CRAIG ERIC MCCORKLESpecialist Four · September 2, 1967
- WAYNE IVAN MCDANIELPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES MCGEE IVLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD NORBUTLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ARTHUR MERRILLSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 87
- WAYNE IVAN MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 88
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.