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JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – October 27, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael McKenna, of Pana, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Pana, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 124
- JAMES WAYNE HERRICK JRCaptain · October 27, 1969
- EDWARD ARTHUR JAMESSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELLSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1969
- JOE LEE PETERSONPrivate · October 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS AKERLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 123
- THOMAS RICHARD FOSTERSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 123
From Pana
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD MARYFIELDSergeant · March 14, 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.