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RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – July 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Henry McKinney, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 36
- JAMES EDWARD KANDELLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- DAVID STANLEY KOSSOWSKISpecialist Five · July 30, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID LINSECorporal · July 30, 1968
- DENNIS DEWAIN MANNINGLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- CLIFFORD M RHODES JRCorporal · May 6, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
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.