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JAMES RONALD MCNISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – February 5, 1969
Service recordJames Ronald McNish, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 66
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 66
- SALVATORE MANCUSOSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM MCCLUSKEYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
- CLARENCE LEON MCNEILLSergeant · February 5, 1969
- FRED ALLEN NEUBAUERPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM COLQUETH HIX JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 64
- GARY MORGAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 64
- OTHA LENSEY POOLECaptain · Panel 33W, Line 68
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.