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MARTIN TERRANCE MCDONALD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1950 – April 10, 1971
Service recordMartin Terrance McDonald, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 116
- DENNIS EARL JAHNSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
- RALPH WAYNE JONESSpecialist Four · April 10, 1971
- JACK LLOYD KINGStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1971
- STEVEN WAYNE MANESSSergeant · April 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLY GENE CHANNELSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 115
- GREG NEAL HENDERSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 115
- JACK LLOYD KINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 116
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.