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NEIL HOWARD MACKILLOP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1948 – February 1, 1969
Service recordNeil Howard Mackillop, of Bryant Pond, Maine, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 33
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 60 INF
- Born
- August 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Bryant Pond, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 33
- DONALD ALFRED LUNALieutenant Colonel · February 1, 1969
- TOM RICHARD MUELLERSergeant · February 1, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD NICHOLSCaptain · February 1, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP RICEPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
From Bryant Pond
- JOHN HENRY RALPH BROOKSStaff Sergeant · May 13, 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.