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JAMES MACK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1940 – August 23, 1969
Service recordJames Mack, of Harvey, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 102
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 51 INF 97 MP BN
- Born
- September 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Harvey, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 102
- KENITH LEWIS JARRELLPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL LABANISHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- JOE WILLIAM NORWOODHospitalman · August 23, 1969
From Harvey
- WILLIE FRANCIS JRLance Corporal · November 21, 1965
- JAMES MICHAEL DARBYPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- DARYL BERT TERHUNE JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 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.