Memorials
- Fort Mackenzie (Military post: 1899-1918, VA Hospital 1922–Present) located at Sheridan, Wyoming was named for General Mackenzie. Opened in 1899, after 1913 the fort was largely unused, and in 1918 it was abandoned by the military, but it was transferred to the Bureau of Health and opened as a mental health hospital starting in 1922 for veterans of World War I. It has continued as a VA hospital for mentally ill patients to the present.
- Fort Mackenzie High School is an alternative education high school in Sheridan. The name comes from the VA Hospital nearby, which was originally a military fort named for General Mackenzie.
- Mackenzie Road is a major transportation artery aboard the Fort Sill training area.
- There is a Fort Mackenzie Lane in Laramie, Wyoming.
- During Operation Iraqi Freedom, FOB Mackenzie was named for him.
- Mackenzie Park in Lubbock, Texas is named for General Mackenzie.
- Mackenzie Middle School in Lubbock, Texas.
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