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HUGH RUFUS MCKINNEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 11, 1947 – February 16, 1969
Service recordHugh Rufus McKinney, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 11, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 45
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- JERRY LAWRENCE MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1969
- RICK ALTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- ARTHUR LAWRENCE PAPALEWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 43
- GERALD QUINN HANCOCKSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 43
- JACK LEE RIGHTMYERSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 46
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.