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JAMES HOWARD MCDONALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – November 16, 1966
Service recordJames Howard McDonald, of Carpinteria, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Carpinteria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 80
- OCTAVIANO MARTINEZ HARVEYPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- ALAN DALE PIITTMANNChief Master Sergeant · November 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BORGES LEALPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 80
- WILLIAM JAMES WILDERSCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 81
From Carpinteria
- JOHN JENARO CONTRERASPrivate · January 21, 1968
- JOHN IMBACH IIISpecialist Four · August 21, 1968
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.