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ROBERT WILFRED MCDONALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – June 16, 1970
Service recordRobert Wilfred McDonald, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 58
- MARCUS WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · June 16, 1970
- JAMES ROLAND MCCRONECaptain · June 16, 1970
- BOBBY WAYNE POWELLSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SEARGENTSpecialist Four · June 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DAVID BRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 57
- WARREN GAMALIEL FRANKS JRSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 57
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.