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DENNIS ELWOOD MCDONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – May 14, 1968
Service recordDennis Elwood McDonald, of Romney, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Romney, West Virginia (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 15
- JOSE MUNATONES JRCorporal · May 14, 1968
- GEORGE LINWOOD MUNDY JRSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ROGER DEAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 12
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 13
- WILLIAM ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
From Romney
- JOHN BERNARD DURSTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- REX MARCEL SHERMANCorporal · November 19, 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.