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WILSON BEGAY KEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1948 – June 17, 1970
Service recordWilson Begay Kee, of Chinle, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 60
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Chinle, Arizona (Apache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 60
- NELS IVAR HEMMINGSONLance Corporal · June 17, 1970
- FRED CARL HENRICKSSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- CARL JOHN LAKERSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- CHARLES DEO MALONEYSergeant · June 17, 1970
From Chinle
- LARRY ROGERS BILLIEPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
- ALBERT TSOSIELance Corporal · July 10, 1970
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.