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THOMAS LEON MCKINZIE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – October 17, 1968
Service recordThomas Leon McKinzie, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Hulbert, Oklahoma (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 70
- RALPH OLEN DAUGHERTY JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1968
- SIDNEY GERALD POLLARDPrivate First Class · October 17, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1968
- JAMES NEWTON SWEETFirst Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
From Hulbert
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
- ROGER DALE HARTNESSCorporal · July 10, 1970
- RONALD JAMES KRIEGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
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.