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JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – May 7, 1968
Service recordJames Robert McDonough, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 23
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 23
- FRED KEITH FISHPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE FLOYDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- GREGORY RANDALL GAINESSergeant · May 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROMESergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED KEITH FISHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 23
- RUSSELL JAMES HELIKERSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ROBERT FRANKLIN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 26
- ROBERT FRANK NOLANSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 29
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 29
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 31
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · Panel 56E, Line 32
From Uniontown
- JOSEPH GEORGE EVANS JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JULIUS JOSEPH VALINT JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BARRY ALAN ZAVISLANCaptain · March 6, 1967
- EARL FREDERICK BURKESergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE FIKELance Corporal · October 18, 1968
- SAMUEL DALE SHIMEKSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · August 20, 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.