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JAMES PATRICK MCKEON
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 13, 1933 – February 13, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick McKeon, of Nashua, New Hampshire, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 28
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Nashua, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 28
- MARK LEE KLINECorporal · February 13, 1969
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
- LYNN PATTINSON NAYLORPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS PENCESpecialist Four · February 13, 1969
From Nashua
- ROBERT LOUIS GARDNERSergeant · June 13, 1962
- CZESLAW KOWALCZYKStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WILLIAM WILKOWSKY JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- DAVID HOWARD WELLERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- MARTIN JAMES CORONISWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS FLANAGANStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- WARREN RICHARD BROWNSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER HALLLieutenant Colonel · June 24, 1968
- ARMAND ALVIN SYLVESTRECaptain · July 15, 1968
- THOMAS DENNIS NADEAUSpecialist Four · August 11, 1968
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.