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JOHN RICHARD MCDONOUGH
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
May 10, 1939 – June 20, 1966
Service recordJohn Richard McDonough, of South Orange, New Jersey, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 20, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VAW 13 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- May 10, 1939
- Home of record
- South Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 67
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PATRICK THOMAS MOONEYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
From South Orange
- BRIAN DALY CONLAN JRSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1967
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 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.