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THOMAS EUGENE MCKEE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1946 – July 6, 1967
Service recordThomas Eugene McKee, of Palm Springs, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Palm Springs, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 21
- THOMAS LUTHER MCCARTERHospitalman · July 6, 1967
- ROGER PAUL MCDANIELPrivate · July 6, 1967
- STEVEN WESLEY MCGEELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- SYLVESTER MCNEILCorporal · July 6, 1967
From Palm Springs
- DENNIS DALE REEDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- ADAM SERNA NAJARPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- LEVERET ROSCOE PROSKYSergeant · September 21, 1968
- ROBERT PHILLIP LEVINSpecialist Four · February 27, 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.