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LARRY WESLEY MACK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 20, 1944 – April 20, 1968
Service recordLarry Wesley Mack, of Freeport, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 9
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Freeport, Illinois (Stephenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 9
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD MATTSONSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- DAVID J MORENOPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH A ZUTTERMAN JRSergeant · April 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 12
From Freeport
- RICHARD LEE OTTEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE KEEPCorporal · January 8, 1968
- LOUIE JOHN SHIANNASpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- ROBERT ALLEN BONEBRIGHTSergeant · May 18, 1969
- BARRY LEE ARMSTRONGCorporal · February 2, 1970
- DAVID RUSSEL KRUEGERCorporal · March 17, 1970
- JERRY LYNN POOLCaptain · March 24, 1970
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.