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ROBERT EUGENE MACKEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 17, 1947 – September 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Mackey, of Cocoa, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 63
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Cocoa, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 63
- DAVID RAY KARRSergeant First Class · September 7, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK MCDERMOTTPetty Officer Second Class · September 7, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH NEIDLINGERCorporal · September 7, 1968
- ERWIN GILBERT POWELL JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MORRIS COOPERSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 60
From Cocoa
- JAMES HENRY BRODTCaptain · May 29, 1963
- WILLIAM L RICHARDSON JRMajor · April 2, 1966
- AUBREY SHAWN BROWNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- BRENT JOHN TOSHSergeant · February 15, 1968
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- PERRY SHELTON WHISENANTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1968
- MALCOLM ROSCOE TRUE JRPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
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.