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WILLIE JAMES MCKENZIE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordWillie James McKenzie, of Byromville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 58
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Byromville, Georgia (Dooly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 58
- RICHARD LEE HALGRENAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- FREDDIE MCQUEENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- VICTOR PEREZ JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · October 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STIRPEPrivate · Panel 42W, Line 60
From Byromville
- WILLIAM CARROLL ELROD JRMajor · April 14, 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.