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GREGORY DEAN MCKEAGUE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1947 – October 3, 1966
Service recordGregory Dean McKeague, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 41
- JOHN WARREN MARTINPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- RICHARD A ROSBECKCaptain · October 3, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH SMITHCaptain · October 3, 1966
- DAVID ALBERT THORPEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 40
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 42
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.