Mcgee, Thomas Patrick
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Verified U.S. Army Sergeant Thomas Patrick Mcgee, 23, of Hawthorne, California, was killed in Wazi Khwa, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2007. He was serving with the 546th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, based at Fort Stewart, Geo
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Thomas Patrick Mcgee was a 23-year-old sergeant from Hawthorne, California. He served in the U.S. Army as a military policeman assigned to the 546th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, out of Fort Stewart, Georgia.
On July 6, 2007, Sergeant Mcgee was killed by hostile action in Wazi Khwa, a village in the mountainous Orgun-e district of Afghanistan's Paktika province. The Department of Defense stated his unit was conducting combat operations when he died.
His death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2007, violence was escalating across the country, with insurgent forces employing improvised explosive devices and direct attacks against coalition and Afghan forces.
The Army announced his death on July 9, 2007. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, and Meritorious Service Medal. His remains were returned to the United States for burial.
Sergeant Mcgee is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at Fort Stewart and on online veterans' memorials. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 77 of the Afghanistan War Memorial at the National Infantry Museum.
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Sergeant Mcgee was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
