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DAVID LETCHER MCDONALD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordDavid Letcher McDonald, of Jasper, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Jasper, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 14
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- BARRY EDWARD KINCAIDPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM LARRY LAWSergeant · June 21, 1968
- JAMES LEE LUTTRELLPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 11
- TERRY LEE FETZERCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 12
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 13
- WILLIAM HAROLD GLASPIESergeant · Panel 55W, Line 13
- JOHNNIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 13
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 15
- RICHARD LOUIS TIRICOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Jasper
- DAVID ZOHLEEH NARAMORE JRSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- JAMES ARLIE WOODSPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- ROGER EUGENE KEYSpecialist Five · January 21, 1970
- ALVIN ROBERT ELENBURGSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.