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MARION EUGENE MEE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 28, 1940 – November 20, 1970
Service recordMarion Eugene Mee, of Lothair, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 74
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 28, 1940
- Home of record
- Lothair, Kentucky (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 74
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSergeant · November 20, 1970
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SHRINERSpecialist Five · November 20, 1970
- RAY EUGENE TANNERCorporal · November 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP JOSE BARBACorporal · Panel 6W, Line 72
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.