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NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1948 – November 30, 1967
Service recordNelson William McKenna, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 15
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JEROME EDWIN OLMSTEDFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- HEDWIG DIANE ORLOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- JAMES KEITH OXLEYHospitalman · November 30, 1967
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
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.