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DONALD LYNN MCALISTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 24, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordDonald Lynn McAlister, of Inglewood, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 106
- JAMES CALVIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT RAY MOONEYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MORGANCaptain · September 4, 1967
- GENE AL MORTENSENPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- DONALD RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 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.