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WALTER ROY MCKEE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1950 – August 31, 1968
Service recordWalter Roy McKee, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 15
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 August 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 15
- JOHN RANDOLPH MCINTOSHMajor · August 31, 1968
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- ANTHONY MILLERCorporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS MOLYNEAUX JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 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.