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WILLIAM MICHAEL MACKAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – August 19, 1969
Service recordWilliam Michael Mackay, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 70
- EUGENE AUSTIN LUNNSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM LEO MAGERR IIICorporal · August 19, 1969
- ROSS EDWARD MANDEVILLESpecialist Five · August 19, 1969
- STEPHEN LEE MARTINOCorporal · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY N CREASYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 66
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 67
- GEORGE WILLIAM PEARSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 72
- JOHN WALTER VOYLESCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 74
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL IIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.