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THOMAS JOSEPH MCGEEVER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1948 – April 27, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph McGeever, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 103
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 103
- BLENN COLBY DYERLance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- BELVIN LIGHTFOOTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
- CHARLES W MCKINNIE JRSergeant · April 27, 1967
- SAMUEL WILLIAM OSBORNE JRPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
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.