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MACK LEE WOOLLEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1945 – September 27, 1967
Service recordMack Lee Woolley JR, of Placentia, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Placentia, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 23
- ROBIN LEE VARNEYSergeant · September 27, 1967
- WILLIE FRANK ASHLEYPrivate First Class · September 28, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- JOHN PETER BURGESSPrivate · September 28, 1967
From Placentia
- MANUEL GRIJALVA CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH MAKUHSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS COOMERCorporal · October 27, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD SHERIDANFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- KENNETH RICHARD PERRYSergeant · December 2, 1971
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.