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JAMES ALLEN MCKENZIE
Private · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – December 7, 1967
Service recordJames Allen McKenzie, of Hayward, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 59
- RICHARD RALPH KUCERALance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · December 7, 1967
- LARRY DUANE METCALFSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- RICHARD D OSBORNSergeant First Class · December 7, 1967
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.