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RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – March 5, 1967
Service recordRichard Charles McKee JR, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 22
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- REGINALD GEORGE MORSEWarrant Officer 1 · March 5, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 20
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 21
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16E, Line 23
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 23
- CLIFFORD EDWARD SPARKSSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 24
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 25
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 25
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 26
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 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.