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JAMES J MCKINSTRY JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 14, 1938 – April 26, 1968
Service recordJames J McKinstry JR, of Oakland, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- February 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 22
- JOHN LEWIS MCDANIELMajor · April 26, 1968
- CALVIN IAN NESBITTPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DANIEL JEROME OCONNORSergeant · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE JOHNSONAirman First Class · Panel 52E, Line 20
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.