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JAMES EVERETT MCKEE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 28, 1931 – February 11, 1969
Service recordJames Everett McKee, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 15
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGLOTHLINPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- ALLEN DONALD MULLERCorporal · February 11, 1969
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- FRED LAFAY PETTIGREW IIICorporal · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 12
- GARY EDWARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 16
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.