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JOSEPH BINGHAM MACK JR
Major · U.S. Army
January 12, 1935 – September 17, 1966
Service recordJoseph Bingham Mack JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1935
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 108
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- EDWARD DEAN MCCANNCaptain · September 17, 1966
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS LAMAR BUNTINGCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 104
- LEONARD BURROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 104
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 105
- JAMES ALTON LOCKWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 108
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 109
- WILLIAM FRY SIEGERTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 110
- ATLAS JASPER MORENE SMAYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 111
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.