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FREDDY ALFORD MCGEE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 20, 1946 – January 22, 1969
Service recordFreddy Alford McGee, of Kittery, Maine, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 60
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Kittery, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 60
- DANIEL JOSEPH MINAHANFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM MOKUAU JRLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- WILLIAM MATHIAS MOOERSLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- AUBRA ERLE MORGAN JRLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY DIETRICH BRUESKESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 56
- JACK EDWIN CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 56
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 58
- JERRY PROCTOR LAIRDMajor · Panel 34W, Line 59
- DOUGLAS ALAN ROSSSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 61
- JAMES DAVID STUESSELStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 61
- GILTON WALTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 62
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.