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LARRY JAMES MCDONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1949 – August 25, 1967
Service recordLarry James McDonald, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 44
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- WILLIE CLYDE ROBINSON JRLance Corporal · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT L SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1967
- GASPER ALLEN VOILESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PERCY BEASLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 41
- PAUL DOANE CARAMELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- DENZIL MASON CARDER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 41
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 42
- ALLEN LEE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 42
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 43
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 44
- CARSON LEO WHALEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 45
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 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.