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THOMAS LEE MCGEE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1943 – March 11, 1967
Service recordThomas Lee McGee, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 63
- FREDDIE MARSHALL JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ALLAN BRUCE MCCUTCHEONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD NASH MCINERNEYCaptain · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- JERRY MARCUS MOODYLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 1968
- JOHN KENT HAYWARDCaptain · December 17, 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.