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JAMES ODAS MCKINNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1947 – June 16, 1966
Service recordJames Odas McKinney, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 53
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
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 53
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- ALCADIO NORBER MASCARENASLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- RONALD WILLIAM MEYERSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
From Monroe
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 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.