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JOSEPH DEAN MACK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph Dean Mack, of Prairie Point, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 68E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 68E · Line 5
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Prairie Point, Mississippi (Noxubee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 68E, Line 5
- GEORGE EDGAR MASSIEPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- LARRY RONALD MCFADDINSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- RUSSELL ARTHUR MICHALKECorporal · May 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN NOVAKSpecialist Four · May 24, 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.