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CHARLES MACKO
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
January 15, 1931 – February 22, 1969
Service recordCharles Macko, of Endicott, New York, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 22, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator-Bombardier (1525Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 8 TBS 35 TFW
- Born
- January 15, 1931
- Home of record
- Endicott, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 22, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “8 TBS 35 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 80
- DALE CHARLES FISHERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1969
- FREDERICK W KULICKE IIISecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1969
- NATHAN CHARLES LUNAPIENASergeant · February 22, 1969
- DANIEL W MARGRAVE IIPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ELMER PAXTONColonel · Panel 32W, Line 82
From Endicott
- AARON GREGORY FIDIAM JRTechnical Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- FRANK FETTUCCIAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- GARY LEE PARSONSPetty Officer Third Class · May 5, 1968
- LARRY JAMES CONKLINSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS CARLSONLance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1970
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.