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GERALD EUGENE MCKAY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 13, 1933 – April 27, 1970
Service recordGerald Eugene McKay, of Grayslake, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 59
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Grayslake, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 59
- ROBERT THOMAS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- RANDALL WAYNE LOVEPrivate First Class · April 27, 1970
- STANLEY JOSEPH MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL NELSON FISHER JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 57
- ROY VIRGIL GRAYCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 58
- JAMES HESTER PALMERSergeant Major · Panel 11W, Line 60
- JAMES ALVIN RUSSMajor · Panel 11W, Line 61
- JAMES THEALBEART SWIFT JRCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 61
From Grayslake
- SOREN PRIPLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
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.