Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 3-Jun-1945
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Marital status: Married to Constance R. McKinney
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 2-Nov-1965
Start of tour: 23-Aug-1966
Incident date: 15-Apr-1967
Date of casualty: 15-Apr-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Ronald Eugene McKinney was on combat operation when hit by fragments from hostile booby trap.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California, USA
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