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WAYNE HOUSTON MCKINLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordWayne Houston McKinley, of Forest Park, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 17
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
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Forest Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 17
- DARRELL G MARTINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- LEONARD DAVID MCGINNISPrivate First Class · May 21, 1968
- DONALD MILLERCorporal · May 21, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE PETERSONLance Corporal · May 21, 1968
From Forest Park
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROBERT MILTON JOHNSONCorporal · July 24, 1966
- RAYMOND ALAN POWELLFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- RAY WESLEY HESTERLEELance Corporal · December 20, 1968
- DANIEL LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALLACE JRWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1970
- CARL WAYNE PRITCHETTPrivate First Class · March 28, 1971
- DANIEL LEE CHAMBLEESpecialist Four · November 20, 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.