United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for
U.S. Navy · United States 
Gerald Wayne McKinley
1940 – 1965
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Gerald Wayne McKinley served in the U.S. Navy. Gerald served aboard VA 215 USS HANCOCK CVA 19. Gerald served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Gerald was 24 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Combat Death
Cause
Injury, unspecified
Circumstance
Killed in action
Keepsakes
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1315: Unrestricted Line Officer (Pilot)
URL PILOT
1992
Pay grade O02.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
5
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Section
MG
Grave
48
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Gerald Wayne McKinley
Lieutenant Junior Grade
U.S. Navy
- 1992
Attack Squadron 215
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