Vietnam War
Unit | 4th Air Commando Squadron |
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Rank | Senior Master Sergeant U.S. Air Force |
Entered Service From | Auburn Massachusetts |
Date of Death | May 15 1966 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Senior Master Sergeant McKenney was a member of the 4th Air Commando Squadron, Da Nang Airbase, South Vietnam. On May 15, 1966, he was a gunner on a Chinook Spooky Attack Aircraft Gunship I (AC-47D) on a mission 15 miles east of Ban Muong, Savannakhet Province, Laos, when radio contact was lost. His remains were recovered on March 11, 1997 and identified on November 24, 1999. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.