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CHARLES DAVIS MACKEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 6, 1948 – March 8, 1969
Service recordCharles Davis Macken, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 78
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 78
- JERRY GLENN ERVINCorporal · March 8, 1969
- KENNETH MAC LEEPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLAN MARSHALLCorporal · March 8, 1969
- SIXTO R MARTINEZ JRSergeant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEWELL C BLANKENSHIPSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 71
- DANIEL IRIZARRY-ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 77
- DOUGLAS RAY POLLOCKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 79
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
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.