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ROY DELL MCGEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1949 – January 29, 1968
Service recordRoy Dell McGee, of Oxford, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Oxford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 60
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- LESTER STEPHEN KINARDSpecialist Four · January 29, 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.