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ROBERT JAMES MCDONOUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1949 – August 29, 1968
Service recordRobert James McDonough, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 61
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
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Marlborough, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 61
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- LOUIS CHARLES MOOREPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- RICHARD STEPHEN MOXLEYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LEO NATHEFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALICEAPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 55
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 56
- ALLEN SEVARN DUNBARPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 57
- ROBERT CONROY PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 57
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 60
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- LOUIS CHARLES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 61
- ROBERT BRUCE RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 62
- GERALD WAYNE SPRINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 3
From Marlborough
- KOSMAS PETER KAPETANOPOULOSFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEONARDCorporal · January 14, 1970
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.