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CHARLIE RAY MCDONALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1948 – April 4, 1969
Service recordCharlie Ray McDonald, of Jacksonville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 14
- WILLIAM DAVID TYRONCorporal · April 4, 1969
- DAVID BRUCE ANDERSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
- STEPHEN EDWIN BELCHERLance Corporal · April 5, 1969
- THOMAS EMANUEL BESTSpecialist Four · April 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES OLIVER DAUGHERTY JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 9
- PHILIP CLARENCE STEINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 13
From Jacksonville
- HENRY LON TURNCorporal · May 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- GEORGE L BARBER IIICaptain · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- LEE ROY NOLLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RONALD S ATHANASIOUPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1970
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.