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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Francis William Mack.

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FRANCIS WILLIAM MACK

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

November 21, 1941 – August 17, 1966

Service record

Francis William Mack, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 16

Position of Panel 10E 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. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
November 21, 1941
Home of record
Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 17, 1966
Age
24
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 16

From Jersey City

All 58 names from Jersey City →

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.