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GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1947 – May 26, 1967
Service recordGerald Francis McDonald, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 122
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 122
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT LLOYD MOSHERCaptain · May 26, 1967
- OXLEY CARRINGTON MOULTRIEStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1967
- DAVID LEE NIEMANNPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 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.