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GEORGE WILLIAM MCNEES
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 22, 1937 – February 23, 1966
Service recordGeorge William McNees, of Frankfort, Kentucky, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 23, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 66
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Kentucky (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 66
- DALMER DOLAN JUREKSergeant First Class · February 23, 1966
- BURTON CHARLES MONTROSSStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- WINSTON MORRISPrivate · February 23, 1966
- ISAIAH MULWEE JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
From Frankfort
- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARPPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD BRAWNERCorporal · January 4, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM MOORE JRSergeant · April 14, 1969
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITHPrivate First Class · November 12, 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.