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JAMES ROBERT MACY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 24, 1947 – January 4, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Macy, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 35
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- MITCHELL SIM LANECaptain · January 4, 1969
- ROSS WHITTIER LIVERMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
- ALVIN EDWARD MILLERCorporal · January 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY DAVID FALKSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 33
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.