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JOHN TERENCE MCDONNELL
Major · U.S. Army
December 14, 1940 – March 6, 1969
Service recordJohn Terence McDonnell, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 58
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 6, 1969
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 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 30W, Line 58
- GERALD LYNN JAMESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- MICHAEL PAUL MALUEGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- RICARDO JOSEPH ORTEGONSergeant · March 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 52
- MICHAEL LEE WOODSIDECaptain · Panel 30W, Line 59
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.