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JACOB MCKIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1945 – November 2, 1968
Service recordJacob McKie, of North Augusta, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 9
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1945
- Home of record
- North Augusta, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 9
- ROY WALDO MILLER JRSpecialist Five · November 2, 1968
- MARVIN BURNETT MULLIS JRPrivate First Class · November 2, 1968
- PHILIP LARRY NICHOLSSecond Lieutenant · November 2, 1968
- RAYMOND FRANKLIN ORR JRCorporal · November 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETONSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 10
- WILLIAM DEAN STURDEVANTCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 10
From North Augusta
- MICHAEL HAMILTON TUTENPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- JAMES NATHANIEL GAYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
- JOSEP L RUZICKA JRCaptain · July 30, 1972
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.