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WILLIAM JAMES MACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1946 – January 20, 1967
Service recordWilliam James Mack, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 58
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ROY M MCWILLIAMSCaptain · January 20, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH NORCIAPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 54
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 55
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 56
- JOHN LOREN HAYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 57
- RONALD LEROY KENTStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 57
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 57
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- HENRY EARL ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
- MORGAN ELBERT SAVAGESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 59
- JAMES BENJAMIN SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.