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RONALD GENE MCKINNEY
Seaman · U.S. Navy
February 8, 1947 – December 17, 1965
Service recordRonald Gene McKinney, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 17, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 21
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- CLAUDE WESLEY MATHEWSAirman First Class · December 17, 1965
- JOHNSON ASHLEY MEADEAirman First Class · December 17, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 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.