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DONALD WOODWARD MCNAMARA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1946 – July 21, 1967
Service recordDonald Woodward McNamara, of Northwood, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 102
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Northwood, Iowa (Worth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 102
- GARY ALFRED MCLENNANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- HENRY MUCHA JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES MULLETPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- ALBERT ALEYA OUTWATER JRSergeant · July 21, 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.