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THOMAS ALAN MCKINNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1950 – April 22, 1970
Service recordThomas Alan McKinney, of Cayce, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 38
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Cayce, South Carolina (Lexington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 38
- JAMES MICHAEL MCDONOUGHLance Corporal · April 22, 1970
- THOMAS MILLSAP IIISpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- CHARLES STODDARD ROWLEYColonel · April 22, 1970
- DON RUSSELL SCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · April 22, 1970
From Cayce
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · August 30, 1967
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- FAY CLYDE SIMMONS IIILance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- JOHNNIE LEE BRIGMANPrivate · May 29, 1969
- THOMAS MARCELLUS TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 24, 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.