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RICHARD DOUGLAS MCKENZIE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 23, 1945 – June 9, 1969
Service recordRichard Douglas McKenzie, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 5
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 5
- STEVEN WILLIAM MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- CHARLES NELSONPrivate · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEROY CONWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- STONEY LEE DEELSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 119
- JAMES FRANCIS HAIDERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 120
- JIMMY ANDERSON INGRAMSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 2
- DENNIS STANLEY WOSICKSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 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.