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PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNA
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 8, 1944 – July 15, 1968
Service recordPatrick Augustine McKenna, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 15, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 22
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Temp/Perm Disability Retired List (Over 120 Days)
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- February 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 22
- JAMES ARTHUR STELLCorporal · July 20, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT TODDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- LESTER ARTHUR WATSONSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RAY WILEYLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
- DENNIS HAROLD WIRTPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 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.