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KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1947 – January 27, 1966
Service recordKenneth Gerard McBride, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 101
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 101
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROOSEVELT SNOW ROMESergeant · January 27, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 98
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · Panel 4E, Line 100
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 100
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 101
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.