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MICHAEL JAY MCDONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – December 21, 1968
Service recordMichael Jay McDonald, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 57
- ROBERT HOWARD INGRAMSpecialist Four · December 21, 1968
- SYLVESTER JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1968
- EDWARD CURTIS MCHENRYSergeant · December 21, 1968
- JOHN BIGELOW MOORESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PHILIP CASTAGNASergeant · Panel 36W, Line 56
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.