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CLYDE D MCDONALD II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1948 – March 25, 1966
Service recordClyde D McDonald II, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 49
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 49
- MICHAEL DEANE LAUXCorporal · March 25, 1966
- RONALD M NEUMANPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
- JOHN HARRY JOHNSONSergeant Major · July 12, 1967
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.