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ALBERT MCDONALD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 19, 1951 – September 11, 1970
Service recordAlbert McDonald JR, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 56
- JAMES LEONARD KNOBLESFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1970
- BARNEY KING NEAL JRLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1970
- DOUGLAS ALAN NIEBOERSeaman · September 11, 1970
- MICHAEL DAVID NOELSpecialist Four · September 11, 1970
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.