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JERRY DUANE MCDONALD
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 2, 1948 – November 21, 1967
Service recordJerry Duane McDonald, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 58
- ROBERT LEE MCLEODPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT OCHOACorporal · November 21, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- RAYMOND PLUMEYSergeant · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED RICHARD DODECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 55
- ROBERT OCHOACorporal · Panel 30E, Line 58
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 59
From Salem
- DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMMESpecialist Four · October 7, 1964
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
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.