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DANA LEROY MACE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 30, 1946 – July 7, 1969
Service recordDana Leroy Mace, of Caribou, Maine, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Caribou, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 76
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · July 7, 1969
- RAYMOND PAUL KURTIKSergeant · July 7, 1969
- FRANK LEVATOSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 75
- CHARLES EARL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 78
- COLON DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 79
From Caribou
- ROGER EDWARD GAUVINCaptain · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD PERLEY BUBARPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- JOHN EDGAR GAGNONMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- SCOTT JAMES RODERICKLance Corporal · January 21, 1970
- PERCY CHARLES GAGNONSpecialist Four · March 23, 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.