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JACK WILEY MCKINNON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1948 – January 3, 1968
Service recordJack Wiley McKinnon JR, of Santa Cruz, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 4 BN 31 INF 196 LIB
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Cruz, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 30
- WESLEY JUNIOR MCKINNEYLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS DUCKETT OCONNORSergeant · January 3, 1968
- IVAN ALLEN ORT JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- JOHN HENRY PATTONLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
From Santa Cruz
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- VINCENT LOCATELLIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- STEPHEN MARK PASHMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEO BUDDY BUCKHOLDTPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- RAINFORD TIFFINMajor · July 21, 1966
- RONALD JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1966
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- WILTON RAY PICKETTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · March 6, 1968
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · June 22, 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.