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WILLIAM RITCHIE MCKIM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – February 14, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ritchie McKim, of Cresskill, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Cresskill, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 35
- RICHARD EDWARD MARKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- AITKEN L MATTHEWS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 32
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 36
From Cresskill
- JOHN MICHAEL KAPELUCKSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- KEITH MICHAEL JACKSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 1, 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.