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IAN MCINTOSH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 21, 1945 – November 24, 1970
Service recordIan McIntosh served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 79
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1945
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 6W, Line 79
- DARRELL BLANCHARD RICKERStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1970
- ROBERT CARL RUNGECorporal · November 23, 1970
- CLAIR ELISHA REEVES SAINTStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1970
- VERNON GLEN ZORNESCorporal · November 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 82
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.