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DONALD WAYNE MCKEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1950 – March 24, 1970
Service recordDonald Wayne McKee, of Pleasant Hill, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Pleasant Hill, Illinois (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 39
- WILLIAM FRANCIS HANNIGANPrivate First Class · March 24, 1970
- GARY ALAN HARNEDSergeant First Class · March 24, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES HOSKENChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 24, 1970
- LARRY LEON JORDANCorporal · March 24, 1970
From Pleasant Hill
- JOHN DREW CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
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.