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MICHAEL WILLIAM MCDONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 30, 1945 – February 22, 1966
Service recordMichael William McDonald, of Carmel, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Carmel, New York (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 61
- ROBERT LEWIS MACKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR LEE NETTLES JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LYNDSEY FRANK FONGERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 60
- ROBERT LEWIS MACKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 61
- CHARLES A SOUTHARD IIISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 62
From Carmel
- FRANK JOSEPH MARCONISpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- HARRY ROY LAGERWALLLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1972
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.