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BILLY WALLACE MCDONALD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 18, 1934 – June 23, 1969
Service recordBilly Wallace McDonald, of Maryneal, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 123
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 18, 1934
- Home of record
- Maryneal, Texas (Nolan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 123
- GEORGE DENNIS MCCLELLANDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DANIEL RAYMOND NELSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DAVID LEE NORDStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- MARTIN JAMES PAMONICUTTPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.