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EUGENE PAUL GEE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 1, 1946 – April 5, 1970
Service recordEugene Paul Gee, of Oxford, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Oxford, North Carolina (Granville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 97
- RAYMOND CHARLES GRAVER JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1970
- RAYMOND MILLER GREENEFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1970
- OLAN JOSEPH HOWECaptain · April 5, 1970
- CALVIN JEROME LAYTONCorporal · April 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE CARROLL BIGELOWSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 95
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 95
- CHARLES MICHAEL COBBCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 96
- CALVIN JEROME LAYTONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 97
- JOHN WILLARD ROHRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 98
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 99
From Oxford
- JESSE L BRANDONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- LEON THORNTONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- HUBERT ROYSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- NORMAN EARL ROSE IIICorporal · February 7, 1968
- LONEY EVANS JRCorporal · October 5, 1968
- MELVIN GREEN JRSergeant First Class · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY NELMS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- AMBROSE H BROOKS JRSpecialist Four · September 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.