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JIMMY MCDONALD MALONE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1946 – May 4, 1966
Service recordJimmy McDonald Malone, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 4, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 26
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 4, 1966
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 26
- MALAKIA JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- RUDOLPH JACKYMACKPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT KESTERSONMajor · May 4, 1966
- FAIRLEY WAIN MILLSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.