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MARTIN GERARD MCDONNELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 16, 1946 – December 17, 1967
Service recordMartin Gerard McDonnell, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 15
- PAUL JOHN MONGILLOMajor · December 17, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- BARRY LEE RUNYONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1967
- MARVIN SMITHCorporal · December 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN HOUSECorporal · Panel 32E, Line 14
- GUADALUPE NATAL ZUNIGACorporal · Panel 32E, Line 16
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.