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JOSEPH DEAN MACY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – April 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph Dean Macy, of Columbus, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Indiana (Bartholomew County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 75
- ALVIE JUNIOR LEDFORD JRCaptain · April 13, 1969
- JAMES OLIVER LYNCHCaptain · April 13, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES MARTINSergeant · April 13, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY MARTZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
From Columbus
- JERRY WAYNE DOWNSSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES DENNIS CHOMELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- BRUCE RANDALL HARRISPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GREGORY CHARLES WEISNERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MARVIN EUGENE MONROESpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- STEVEN DALE BURTONSergeant · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL HALEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN CODYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
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.