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ROBERT DALE MCKINNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1950 – June 1, 1971
Service recordRobert Dale McKinney, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 62
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 62
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · June 1, 1971
- JAMES RUSSELL SAXONFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1971
- ANDREW CARNEGI STRONG IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1971
- MARK RANDALL TAYLORSpecialist Four · June 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GERALD MAGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 61
- DON MICHAEL RAMSEYCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 62
- JAMES RUSSELL SAXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 62
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 63
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.