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DARRELL EUGENE MCGEE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 16, 1943 – July 4, 1969
Service recordDarrell Eugene McGee, of Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Berlin, Wisconsin (Green Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 62
- JOHNNY ELLIS MCIECorporal · July 4, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT MCNELLYPrivate · July 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS NOONANFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1969
- RAYMOND LEE PIRRMANSpecialist Four · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 58
- TIMOTHY SHAWN MICHAELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 61
- MICHAEL DENNIS NOONANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 62
From Berlin
- THOMAS CHARLES GUDENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- KENNETH LEE HENKESpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
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.