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TALTON LEE MACKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – December 9, 1968
Service recordTalton Lee Mackey, of Red Oak, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Red Oak, Oklahoma (Latimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 75
- ROBERT FRANCIS HINKSTONPrivate First Class · December 9, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KEEGANPrivate First Class · December 9, 1968
- JOEL MILLER LEIGHSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- PETE LOPEZSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DUDLEY BERKFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 72
- MICHAEL J CIESIELKA JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 72
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 73
- DENNIS CHARLES ERFORDSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 73
- ERNEST JOSEPH GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 74
- ROBERT FRANCIS HINKSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 75
- PETE LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 75
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 76
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 77
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 77
- DAVID FREDERICK RHODESCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 77
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBINETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 77
- EARL THOMAS SHAFFER SRFirst Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 77
- CURTIS HENRY SHARP JRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 78
- SAMUEL DALE SHIMEKSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 78
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 78
From Red Oak
- RONALD SOCKEYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY RAPP JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 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.