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JEROME JAMES MACDONALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1947 – December 30, 1967
Service recordJerome James Macdonald, of East Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 4
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 114 AVN CO 3 AVN BN DEL PRO GRP
- Born
- October 26, 1947
- Home of record
- East Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 4
- ROGELIO MANUEL MARTINEZCorporal · December 30, 1967
- JAMES LEE MCILVOYSergeant · December 30, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- WYLIE ORIA PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
From East Weymouth
- RICHARD DON SLACK JRCorporal · November 21, 1964
- DANIEL FRANCIS LYNCH JRLance Corporal · November 12, 1969
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.