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KENNETH R MCKENNA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1950 – June 11, 1970
Service recordKenneth R McKenna JR, of Quincy, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Quincy, Illinois (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 46
- REX EDWIN THORNLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
- GARY ALBERT UTRIAINENSergeant · June 11, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE WEBBPrivate First Class · June 11, 1970
- STANLEY M CIESIELSKISergeant · June 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VERNON GAIL BERGQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 42
- JOHN ADRIAN DOSSETT JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 43
- GORDON T KIMBRELL JRCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 44
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 44
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 44
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 45
- DENNIS ARTHUR STEPHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 45
- ALONZO HUGHES TAYLORSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 45
From Quincy
- WILLARD MARION COLLINSCaptain · March 9, 1966
- JOHN CRAIG ARNOLDCorporal · March 20, 1967
- GORDON SAMUEL PERISHOLieutenant Commander · December 31, 1967
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITFIELDCorporal · November 25, 1968
- RICHARD ELMER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- BRADLEY KENT GAUSCorporal · March 16, 1970
- BRUCE HAROLD BARDONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1970
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.