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RICHARD LEE MCKINNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1947 – July 4, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee McKinnell, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 107 MM MOR BTRY 3 BN 11 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 5
- CHARLES HENRY MCFARLANDCorporal · July 4, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- MELVIN EARL NEWLINPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- ROGER KAY NORTONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.