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REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1947 – April 14, 1968
Service recordReuben Carl McMackins JR, of Valley Station, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Valley Station, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 54
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- STANLEY JULUI MICHALOWICZPrivate · April 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT NASHSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN PETTITTSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
From Valley Station
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE CRUSELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT STOUTSpecialist Four · May 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.