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CURTIS J MCGEE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1934 – February 28, 1966
Service recordCurtis J McGee, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 88
- LARRY EDWARD MACDONALDLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCCOYSecond Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 90
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 91
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 92
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
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.