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JERRY SYLVESTER MCDONALD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 30, 1948 – February 28, 1969
Service recordJerry Sylvester McDonald, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 95
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 95
- GERALDO MARQUEZSergeant · February 28, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR MCADAMSCaptain · February 28, 1969
- BURT JOSEPH MEYER JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- STEVE MIRICK JRPrivate · February 28, 1969
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.