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ROBERT EARL MCKEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 20, 1945 – April 14, 1967
Service recordRobert Earl McKee, of Eminence, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Eminence, Kentucky (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 27
- ROBERT SCHERLAGPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN TINDELLPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- HOWARD DANIEL VANDENACREPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- RALPH ARTHUR WICKHAMSpecialist Five · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEROSAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 25
From Eminence
- LARRY SHEASpecialist Five · August 24, 1969
- HAROLD RAY SPILLMANSergeant · September 13, 1970
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.