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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Donald Joseph Maccio.

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DONALD JOSEPH MACCIO

Captain · U.S. Air Force

October 18, 1937 – July 28, 1969

Service record

Donald Joseph Maccio, of Rochester, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 57

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
October 18, 1937
Home of record
Rochester, New York (Monroe County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 28, 1969
Age
31
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew
Incident
Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs

Context · from the records

What was happening

41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 57

From Rochester

All 107 names from Rochester →

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.