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WILLIE EDWARD MACK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1949 – June 10, 1970
Service recordWillie Edward Mack, of Thomson, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Thomson, Georgia (Mcduffie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 39
- JERRY LEE HURLEYStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1970
- VYRL EUGENE LEICHLITER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN WADE LONG JRCorporal · June 10, 1970
- JOHN FRANCIS MALONEY JRSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
From Thomson
- THOMAS FRANKLIN CASEColonel · May 31, 1966
- FRED D HARTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- ROBERT RANDOLPH WHITE JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · June 11, 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.