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NEILE COOPER MACKAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 17, 1945 – January 10, 1970
Service recordNeile Cooper Mackay, of Weiser, Idaho, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Weiser, Idaho (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 23
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 10, 1970
- DENNIS FLOYD KABARACorporal · January 10, 1970
- JAMES GREGORY LEGASpecialist Four · January 10, 1970
- JOHN ARTHUR LEHECKAFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FLOYD KABARACorporal · Panel 14W, Line 23
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.