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GERALD CLAUDE MCKEEN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
June 26, 1944 – September 24, 1966
Service recordGerald Claude McKeen, of Sac City, Iowa, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 9
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Sac City, Iowa (Sac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 9
- JOHN CHARLES P LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK MINORSergeant · September 24, 1966
- HOWARD GLENN MORRISONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- JEAN USZAKOWSergeant First Class · September 24, 1966
From Sac City
- JIMMY LEE BUCKLEYLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
- RANDALL GAYLORD FREEMANWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 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.