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DANNY RAY MACK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 25, 1948 – March 18, 1969
Service recordDanny Ray Mack, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 70
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1948
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 70
- JIMMY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- WILLARD SPENCER LUNDWarrant Officer 1 · March 18, 1969
- DANNY JOE MAGGARDLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD MEHEGANSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARDY EUGENE CALLOWAYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 66
- WILLARD SPENCER LUNDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 70
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.