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CARL EDWARD MCBEE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1942 – June 6, 1965
Service recordCarl Edward McBee, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 132
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- March 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 132
- NICOLAUS AUGUST DOEDENFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- GERALD OTTO MCKAYFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JAMES MACKENZIE INMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
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.