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DONALD ANDREW MACKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1950 – February 10, 1971
Service recordDonald Andrew Mackey, of Chenango Bridge, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 93
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Chenango Bridge, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 93
- JAMES FREW COLLINSChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 9, 1971
- MICHAEL CARTER LAWSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
- JOSEPH RAY PIETRZAKSergeant · February 10, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER LAG RAIMEYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDMOND SMITH BLACKBURN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 91
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.