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JOSEPH THOMAS MCKEON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1943 – May 18, 1967
Service recordJoseph Thomas McKeon JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 32
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 32
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- ORRIE E MACOMB JRCorporal · May 18, 1967
- BOBBY GENE MCELHANEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.