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ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNA
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1947 – March 11, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles McKenna, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 63
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 63
- FREDDIE MARSHALL JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ALLAN BRUCE MCCUTCHEONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD NASH MCINERNEYCaptain · March 11, 1967
- JERRY MARCUS MOODYLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 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.