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HAROLD WAYNE MCDONALD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordHarold Wayne McDonald, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 101
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 101
- BILLY RAY MARSHALLSergeant · November 20, 1969
- PETER KARL MATTHEICorporal · November 20, 1969
- BRENT HAL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MOAKE JRSergeant · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE AARON DALRYMPLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 98
- BILLY RAY MARSHALLSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 101
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.