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CHARLES JOSEPH MACDONALD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1926 – August 29, 1969
Service recordCharles Joseph Macdonald, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 8
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1926
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 8
- JAMES THOMAS MOSESSergeant · August 29, 1969
- WILLIAM GARY NELMS JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- EDWIN JOSEPH OLMEDAPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK QUINNSecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · Panel 18W, Line 7
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.