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DENNIS LEE MACK
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 23, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordDennis Lee Mack, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68W · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 12 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 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 68W, Line 6
- JOHN BERNARD MARCELLOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- GUY WAYNE MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MASTERSONLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVE GOMEZSergeant · Panel 68W, Line 1
- EUGENE GEORGE OCONNELLSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 2
- DENNIS LAWRENCE STIGLITZCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 5
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.