William Royal McGee

William Royal McGee

Company D 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 04/07/1968

PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Meridian, MS
Date of birth: 06/15/1933

MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E8
Rank: Sergeant Major
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
MOS: 11G50: Infantry Senior Sergeant
Length Service: 16
Unit: D CO, 1ST BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 07/20/1967
Incident Date: 04/07/1968
Casualty Date: 04/07/1968
Age at Loss: 34
Location: Kontum Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Other explosive device

ON THE WALL Panel 48E Line 45

SGM William McGee was killed while on a convoy on Highway QL 14, in Kontum Province.
The truck in which he was riding struck a mine about 11 kilometers east/northeast of Polei Krong airfield,
at grid reference ZA208945. Also riding in the same truck and killed was SSG Clifford Bias of Company E.

Willie McGee left behind his wife, three sons and one daughter.

SGM William McGee's decorations

William is buried at Fort Sill Post Cemetery in Section IV Site 1107A.

Burial:
Fort Sill Post Cemetery
Fort Sill
Comanche County
Oklahoma, USA

SGM William McGee's grave marker

Photo by DF Scott from the Find A Grave website

Pin for the MIA and KIA from the State of Mississippi

William Royal McGee's name is inscribed on Panel 19W
of the Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Photo by Travelingal from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of William R. McGee courtesy of his sister Betty Trest, her husband Johnny and their daughter Leslie,
who are proud to honor Sergeant Major McGee's memory.

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