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RAYMOND LEON GEE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1943 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRaymond Leon Gee JR, of Mt Pulaski, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Mt Pulaski, Illinois (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 12
- GLENN THOMAS FEYSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- BOBBY SAM FRYEMaster Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- SAMUEL RAY GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- ISADORE SAMUEL GEIGER JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRIUS WAYNE ADAMSCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 42
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 3
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 7
- JOHN W ECKELLSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 10
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 19
- RONALD MIDDLETONPrivate · Panel 55E, Line 21
- MICHAEL STEVEN OSTEENSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 25
- LYNLEY LEE RASHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 28
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 31
- SAMUEL EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Mt Pulaski
- MICHAEL THOMAS SCROGGINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
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.