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JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1945 – September 21, 1968
Service recordJohn Albert McGehee, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1945
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 56
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS ALLAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL DEAN NYSTULLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BLAINE EDWARD CALLIHANPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS JAMES CAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 52
- THOMAS STORY JESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 54
- THERMALL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 58
- WILLIS ALBERT TOOMESSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 58
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.