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RONALD EUGENE MCKINNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1945 – April 15, 1967
Service recordRonald Eugene McKinney, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 31
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 31
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN REICHERTSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN SURMAPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.