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ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – June 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Lewis McGee JR, of Russellville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Russellville, Alabama (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 8
- MARVIN RAYMOND MCCAIN JRStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1968
- HAROLD NORMAN MINNIEARLance Corporal · June 20, 1968
- TERRY LEE PARSONSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- EARL TIMOTHY PELHAM JRSergeant First Class · June 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 4
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 9
From Russellville
- CLINTON E CROFFORDStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILLISSergeant · June 26, 1969
- DENNIS LAVERNE ENGLISHPrivate · August 21, 1969
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.