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ALVIN ANTHONY MACK JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1947 – May 16, 1968
Service recordAlvin Anthony Mack JR, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 13
- WILLIAM EDWIN KOEHLERPrivate · May 16, 1968
- GARY LEE LANTZSergeant · May 16, 1968
- HOMER LANDUS MEDLEYPlatoon Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- CHARLES RUSSELL J MENTONLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALFRED WAGNERSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 21
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.