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EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALD
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1939 – May 31, 1966
Service recordEmmett Raymond McDonald, of Bellevue, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 31, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 130
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 61 TCH SQ
- Born
- July 27, 1939
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 31, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “61 TCH SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 130
- HAROLD JACOB ZOOKLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM BAYLESSergeant · June 1, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROTHROC EDMONDSONMajor · Panel 7E, Line 127
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 129
From Bellevue
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LESLIE DAZEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DAVID RALF DEVIKLance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- RODNEY GALE FRANKStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIRSergeant · January 6, 1970
- RICHARD DEANE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 25, 1970
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.