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GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1944 – January 20, 1967
Service recordGeorge William McGhee, of Lockney, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 58
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Lockney, Texas (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 58
- WILLIAM JAMES MACKPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ROY M MCWILLIAMSCaptain · January 20, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH NORCIAPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 54
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 55
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 56
- JOHN LOREN HAYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 57
- RONALD LEROY KENTStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 57
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 57
- WILLIAM JAMES MACKPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- HENRY EARL ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
- MORGAN ELBERT SAVAGESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 59
- JAMES BENJAMIN SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
From Lockney
- BERNARD JAFFESergeant First Class · September 15, 1965
- TIMOTHY JAMES HARTMANCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.