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MICHAEL GEORGE MCKINNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1949 – March 9, 1971
Service recordMichael George McKinney, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1971, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 33
- MARC JEFFERY MEEKERSpecialist Four · March 8, 1971
- DALE MITCHELL HOLLOWELLSergeant · March 9, 1971
- MERLE E LOOBEYSergeant First Class · March 9, 1971
- MATTHEW MARK RENNERStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DALE MITCHELL HOLLOWELLSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 33
- BRUCE WOHLRABSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 34
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.