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GARY LEIGH MACK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1941 – April 29, 1968
Service recordGary Leigh Mack, of Olympia, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Olympia, Washington (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 4
- JOHN TURNER DUNLAP IIISecond Lieutenant · April 29, 1968
- ELMER MARTINStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- DAVID LYNN MASSAPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- ANTHONY LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 45
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 46
- HARLEY JOHN JENKSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 2
- WILLARD ALTON PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 6
- ALEXANDER TATE JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 7
From Olympia
- DARRELL THOMAS RAYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- KENNETH MILES CROUTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM WELLSWarrant Officer 1 · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD ORVILLE BILSIEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT ERIC LOCHRIDGESergeant · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH R WILLIAMS JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WHYTESergeant · May 28, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH PEARSONCaptain · October 21, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN HODGESSergeant First Class · November 14, 1968
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.