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IVORY LEE MCKINNEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordIvory Lee McKinney, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 105
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · May 5, 1970
- DUANE ARVID PETERSONSergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES LEE PULLAMCorporal · May 5, 1970
- ROBERT IRA RABBFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE BROWNSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- LARRY DANIEL BUFFINGTONSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- FRANCISCO TERONI CARVAJALStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 100
- STEPHEN PAUL FINKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 102
- WILLIAM EDWARD MALCOLM JRSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 103
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 103
- TSCHANN SCOTT MASHBURNCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 104
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 104
- VERNON LEO OKLANDSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- WARKER RICHARD L VANDEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 107
- STEVEN EDWARD WASSONCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 107
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 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.