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KURT CASEY MCDONALD
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 19, 1934 – December 31, 1964
Service recordKurt Casey McDonald, of Seaside, California, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on December 31, 1964, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 80
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 336 TFS
- Born
- August 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Seaside, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 31, 1964
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1964; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
Also on Panel 1E, Line 80
- STEPHEN EDWARD MORGANWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
From Seaside
- ALFRED HENRY COMBS JRSergeant First Class · June 25, 1965
- CARLITO LADORES DORSEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- LASZLO HOLOVITSStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1967
- O D SCOTTSergeant First Class · November 16, 1967
- WILMER WATSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- RAYMOND JESUS PALACIOSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- CECIL ODELL BUNDAGESergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHAPIN GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- JOHN CALVIN SHERMANStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.