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TATE TALMAGE HACKNEY III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1943 – June 22, 1968
Service recordTate Talmage Hackney III, of Hillside, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Hillside, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 18
- CHARLES KENTON BURKART JRLance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- GEORGE CRAWFORD CURRIELance Corporal · June 22, 1968
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · June 22, 1968
- WARNER CRAIG JACOBSONCaptain · June 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 17
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 17
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 18
- RONALD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 19
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 19
From Hillside
- FRANKLIN H METZKERPrivate · May 17, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK WORTHCorporal · April 1, 1972
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.