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KENNETH DALE MCCOIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1947 – October 24, 1966
Service recordKenneth Dale McCoin, of Clarkton, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Clarkton, Missouri (Dunklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 103
- HUBERT LEON LEE JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- DENNIS ALVIN MCKELLARPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- KIRK ALVIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- LEON BUTLER TRIESTCaptain · October 24, 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.