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JAMES MATTHEW MCDONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1947 – April 8, 1970
Service recordJames Matthew McDonald, of Harrisville, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 107
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Harrisville, West Virginia (Ritchie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 107
- LARRY WAYNE DOUGLASLance Corporal · April 8, 1970
- CHARLES ALBERT FRALEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- JEFFREY ALEXANDER FREEMANSergeant · April 8, 1970
- ROB GEORGE MCSORLEYSpecialist Four · April 8, 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.