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PAT WELDON MCGEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1944 – December 5, 1966
Service recordPat Weldon McGee, of Arlington, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 14
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 14
- THOMAS J GRAGNANISpecialist Four · December 5, 1966
- ROYAL TINDORF KRELLSpecialist Five · December 5, 1966
- PAUL MCGAUGHEY JRSergeant · December 5, 1966
- JERREL CARL MORTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD HUNTMajor · August 20, 1968
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.