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JOSEPH ONEIL MCGEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – September 28, 1970
Service recordJoseph Oneil McGee, of Clinton, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Clinton, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 98
- ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAINPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
- WILLIAM BURCH HERNSergeant · September 28, 1970
- DAVID MICHAEL HOPKINSCorporal · September 28, 1970
- JOSE MUNOZ JRPrivate First Class · September 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANDRUS FLOYD DUPLECHAINPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 98
From Clinton
- JOHN WALTER TEAGUEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- REGINALD ROCKEFEL JENKINSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- LEON SHIRLEY MADDENStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · July 9, 1969
- JAMES DOUGLAS OWENSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1972
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.