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PAUL MCKENZIE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – April 15, 1971
Service recordPaul McKenzie, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 126
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1971; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 126
- ROBERT JOHN DUTKIEWICZCorporal · April 15, 1971
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · April 15, 1971
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · April 15, 1971
- ROBERT CHARLES HEINSergeant · April 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BALESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 125
- JEFFRY EDWARD COWLEYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 125
- ROBERT JOHN DUTKIEWICZCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 126
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 126
- ROBERT CHARLES HEINSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- GEORGE ARTHUR PACHECOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- WILLIAM JAMES WARD JRCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 127
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 128
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.