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JOSEPH WAYNE MCDONALD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1949 – February 8, 1970
Service recordJoseph Wayne McDonald, of Letohatchee, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 116
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Letohatchee, Alabama (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 116
- JAMES LINWOOD BRITTPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- WILSON COUCH KOEHLERSergeant · February 8, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 1970
- GREGORY PAUL WAKULICHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
- WAYNE KARL WOODLANDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1970
From Letohatchee
- PAUL VAUGHAN MARTINDALECaptain · April 28, 1972
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.