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Macdonald Brooke HALSEY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1944 – July 21, 1969
Service recordMacdonald Brooke Halsey, of Summit, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Summit, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 30
- JAMES MICHAEL COXSergeant · July 21, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID LOUNSBURYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- RICHARD DALE MCNABBCorporal · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- JOHN T FUDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 29
- LUIS ALONZO SOTELOStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 30
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 31
- ROBERT DALE STAGGSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 32
From Summit
- MANUEL LOUIS FONTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS BIRDSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DENNIS WARREN BAXTERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCISCO JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- DAVID FOLEY ACKERMANPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- TERRENCE PATRICK RYANLieutenant · January 11, 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.