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HENRY HERBERT MCGEE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1938 – November 7, 1967
Service recordHenry Herbert McGee, of Hollis, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1938
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1967; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 42
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- GREGORY WALTER MCFADDENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MOOREPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- EUGENE MORRIS JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 42
- GREGORY WALTER MCFADDENPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 42
- DENNIS EUGENE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 42
- JESSE JAMES PEARSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 43
- KRAG BARRY ROYDESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 43
- WILLIAM R RUSSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 43
- SECUNDINO GARCIA SOSA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 44
- JAMES OLIVER THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 45
From Hollis
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 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.