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JAMES JESSE MACKENNA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 1, 1928 – May 29, 1966
Service recordJames Jesse Mackenna, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 120
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 1, 1928
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 120
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- JERRY LYNN NOLANDLance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- BILLY RAY PATRICKPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.