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GEORGE JACOB MACK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1944 – May 14, 1966
Service recordGeorge Jacob Mack, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 59
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- August 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 59
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM MALECSergeant · May 14, 1966
From Cranston
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES REILLYWarrant Officer 1 · May 22, 1970
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.