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PATRICK VICTOR MCNEARNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1949 – May 13, 1968
Service recordPatrick Victor McNearney, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 28
- RICHARD DALE MCGOVERNPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · May 13, 1968
- KENNETH LEE OLSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 16
- JOSEPH ADAMSSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 18
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 19
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- WILLIAM DENNIS HANSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 21
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 23
- ROBERT GENE HOOPCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 23
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MAYSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 26
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 27
- ALEXANDER E PRUNKA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 29
- THOMAS F PRZYBELSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 29
- WAYNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 2
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.