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JAMES CALVIN MCKENZIE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1947 – September 4, 1967
Service recordJames Calvin McKenzie, of Yorba Linda, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 106
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Yorba Linda, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 106
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT RAY MOONEYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MORGANCaptain · September 4, 1967
- GENE AL MORTENSENPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
From Yorba Linda
- JAMES TONY GORSICHFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM READYSergeant · January 26, 1970
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.