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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Douglas Dulane Mack.

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DOUGLAS DULANE MACK

Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army

November 22, 1939 – April 19, 1965

Service record

Douglas Dulane Mack, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 104

Position of Panel 1E 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. Army
Rank
Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Born
November 22, 1939
Home of record
Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 19, 1965
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 104

From Amarillo

All 52 names from Amarillo →

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.