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GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEE
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – September 11, 1969
Service recordGeorge Franklin McGee, of Lenoir, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Lenoir, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 70
- RANDY GRAHAM CAGLECorporal · September 11, 1969
- SHERMAN DALTON MONKPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- MICHAEL A MONTELLANOPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- CALVIN MOULTRIEPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 66
- GILBERTO BUSTAMANTECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 67
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- KENNETH WAYNE FIELDSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- ALFREDO PACOLBASergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 71
From Lenoir
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- MICHAEL H PENNELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD EUGENE GREENEStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- GENE CALVIN REIDSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- THEODORE R CONLEY JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1968
- RICHARD COLON WATSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD BOWERS JRSergeant · March 7, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE AUSTINSergeant · July 31, 1970
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.