Name: 1LT Gerald Otto Mc Kay
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 06/06/1965 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 23.6
Date of Birth: 10/25/1941
Home City: St Marys, KS
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-161
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 01E-132
Short Summary: Off USS Iwo Jima off Chu Lai with 1LT Nicolaus A. Doeden.
Aircraft: UH-34D tail number 148791
Service number: 087234
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7335 = Pilot HMH
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 03
Location: Offshore, MR 1 Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed at sea
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY, PENSACOLA FL
This record was last updated on 06/19/1993
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