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Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965.
Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gerald Otto McKay.

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GERALD OTTO MCKAY

First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps

October 25, 1941 – June 6, 1965

Service record

Gerald Otto McKay, of St Marys, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 132

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Pilot Hmh (7335)
Born
October 25, 1941
Home of record
St Marys, Kansas (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 6, 1965
Age
23
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.