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DENNIS OLIVER MCGHEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 13, 1949 – September 28, 1969
Service recordDennis Oliver McGhee, of Gratis, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 17
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Gratis, Ohio (Preble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 17
- WILLIAM A MAGUIRE JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL MULLINEAUXPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- KENNETH ALFRED SCHIMANSKISergeant · September 28, 1969
- PAUL HENRY REESECaptain · September 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESTER CHARLES COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 14
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 15
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 15
- TIMMY VALADEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 18
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.