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VERTIS L MACKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1947 – November 24, 1967
Service recordVertis L Mackey, of Manassas, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 78
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Manassas, Georgia (Tattnall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 78
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- DAVID LYNN HILTONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- WILLIAM C LANGHAMSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JERRY EDWARD BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- ROBERT STANLEY CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
- SYLVESTER WILLIAM WILSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 75
- MARTIN LARRY HANNOSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 77
- DAVID LYNN HILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 78
- GORDON STUART MCCLARYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 80
- MICHAEL STUART NYMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Manassas
- DENNIS JERROD OLIVERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- BARNARD BACONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1970
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.