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DARWIN DALE MCGEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1943 – April 24, 1969
Service recordDarwin Dale McGee, of Bokchito, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 41
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Bokchito, Oklahoma (Bryan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 41
- ERNEST MANUEL PERRY JRSergeant · April 24, 1969
- RANDALL RUGGSPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- JERRY MICHAEL SHRIVERMaster Sergeant · April 24, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH WAGNERPrivate · April 24, 1969
From Bokchito
- J D SINGLETONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
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.