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RAYMOND BRUCE MCKINNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1950 – November 25, 1968
Service recordRaymond Bruce McKinney, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 60
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 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 60
- JOSEPH ALLESSIEStaff Sergeant · November 25, 1968
- JOSEPH CASTLEMAN MORRISONColonel · November 25, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- RALPH BUDDY MULKEY JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
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.