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PAUL BLOUNT MCKINLEY
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
March 16, 1939 – November 22, 1967
Service recordPaul Blount McKinley, of Copperas Cove, Texas, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 64
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 191 ORD DET 6 ORD BN 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- March 16, 1939
- Home of record
- Copperas Cove, Texas (Coryell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “191 ORD DET 6 ORD BN 1 LOG CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 64
- JOHN ALAN MACDONALDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- STEVEN PAUL MORSEPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- GEORGE OSBORNE JRSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DEAN MOORESpecialist Five · Panel 30E, Line 61
From Copperas Cove
- CHESTER MELVIN OVNANDMaster Sergeant · July 8, 1959
- HERBERT KOLIBASergeant First Class · May 15, 1968
- ANTON WALTER BOROSKICaptain · June 26, 1969
- SAZIN DALE FABACHERCorporal · December 20, 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.